Perfection

Our photography professor demands perfection. The church building is a little too dark, the dog picture looks quite flat, and the sky needs outlining for almost all my A4 sized photos. There is a technique to boost the outlines of the photo which is called 'burning' and it is done by shining the projected light through a hole on the edges of the photo.

Test prints were done and my 2nd attempt for the A4 print of the church photo. Aperture F11, exposure time 22 seconds. The building turns out fine and the sky needs to be outlined, the teacher says. 3rd attempt, same exposure settings but my first attempt with 'burning'. The sky looks disproportionate due to 'bad burning', says the teacher. After finding out the correct techniques to 'burn' the outlines, 4th attempt for the A4 print plus proper burning.

Finally, got what the teacher wanted after wasting 3 A4 prints and 4 test prints. A little difference makes a difference. A little difference also costs us our time and many pieces of photo paper in the rubbish bin.

Exasperated......