[Majik Imaje]

The mark of a "true" professional.. .. in the Art of photography.. ..

The master of masters .. Ansel Adams.. had only two skills to work with.

Two "skills" not to be confused with "clicks".

But for what it is worth, when using film and processing prints in the darkroom, I could never ever achieve what I "saw" when I first captured or created that image.

I always knew that something was wrong. but I just didn't know what to do.. I knew all about "burning & dodging" or so I thought.. ha ha.. Until I read this one sentencel, in a book about Ansel Adams.. when I read this one sentence, the book went flying into the air, and I was out the door down the stairs to my darkroom and my printing results were forever changed ! that is all it took.. was one sentence..!


..........." it would often take Ansel Adams as many as 30 sheets of paper to create JUST ONE PRINT.!!!


thus.. .. .. .. my "sig" ! you can't possibly learn this skill... ... .... ... unless you practice it..!


and before you ever learn how to do anything correctly... you gotta "fail" first !