Nate, Revisited
by Walker Pickering
I was shooting a lot of large format B&W back in 2006. My friend Nate was teaching in Pflugerville, and he offered to pose for a photograph in his classroom. I never got him a print of the image, so this evening I scanned the negative and printed it digitally. If you take a look at my original post, I think you’ll agree I’ve learned quite a bit about contrast and shadow detail in 4 years. Of course, it helps to use a far better scanner.
An interesting comparison and yes, a definitely different image. To go even further, and more accurately see the image as you intended, it would be interesting to see both prints. The internet and viewing images on monitors has certainly expanded our ability to see more photos but it comes at the expense ( at least in my opinion) of seeing what the photographer really intended.
And, last but not least, it is a great portrait.
I like this! (makes me think of the movie Office space)