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ngdawg · 12-13-2005, 07:13 PM

Color processing was very expensive back in the day, as was color film and even when you could afford it, the processing and chemicals used didn't have a very long shelf life. There are pictures of my own generation that my parents have that have lost their color-Polaroids of the 60's were notorious for losing reds, causing the pictures to be all blue and yellow.
When I colorize, I try to keep the colors true to their time period and don't over-brighten, but the effect truly brings life to the picture.
Black and white will always have its place as an artistic statement; I turn a lot of my own work into black and white. But for photos of life back in the early part of the twentieth century, color gives them something we can relate to easier.

12-13-2005, 07:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Color processing was very expensive back in the day, as was color film and even when you could afford it, the processing and chemicals used didn't have a very long shelf life. There are pictures of my own generation that my parents have that have lost their color-Polaroids of the 60's were notorious for losing reds, causing the pictures to be all blue and yellow. When I colorize, I try to keep the colors true to their time period and don't over-brighten, but the effect truly brings life to the picture. Black and white will always have its place as an artistic statement; I turn a lot of my own work into black and white. But for photos of life back in the early part of the twentieth century, color gives them something we can relate to easier. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.