Small-town French hotel. It was on the bank of a windy mini-river, and across the little bridge was a café where they had wonderful coffee and home-made strawberry preserves.  The owner gave Eileen his recipe.    Paul Goldfinger.  This was a Tri-X image (film) obtained with a Leica 35 mm camera.

Paul Goldfinger, MD.  Editor@Blogfinger.net

This “print” was obtained by scanning a negative from years ago. The scanner is designed just for this purpose, and all those who have negatives that were never printed can still work with them in the digital age.   The negative became a digital file and now is “printed” on Blogfinger. It can also be printed on paper by using a home printer or sending to a professional processor such as Mpix.

In the darkroom, it was difficult to edit photographs by changing chemicals.  It sometimes took hours for one print meticulously done. Digital has changed all that.

Photography is fully digital now, but there are enthusiasts who still shoot film and who work in the darkroom. You can still buy fine used film cameras such as Leicas and Hasseblads and film for those cameras.

But the digital age will make photography better than ever before, and the latest digital cameras are extraordinary. Ansel Adams said that he wished he were young again to enjoy digital photography.

As good as phone photography has become, most professionals and advanced amateurs will buy and use fine cameras and lenses.

This could be a fantasy theme song for those who are sheltering in place.

BOBBY SHORT from Songs of New York.