question:  How does the photographer feel about dark rooms?
context: I’m trying to capture what I think they look like, which is many times a minority of their typical expressions, or their typical stance. Some photographers will make someone look the way the photographer wants them to look, and not the way they appear, so they’ll pick the one picture out of 100 where the guy looks more egotistical than he really is. Some photographers are almost medical, and are going after a perfect portrait. To me, uploading a picture that is not an easily recognizable picture of that person defeats the point, which I’m working toward, to try to express who they are. On the other hand, professional photographers usually have a subject whom they don’t know personally, so they end up having to try to capture an image that they’ve created based on who they think the person is or how they want that person to appear. After half an hour of having their picture taken, people start to ignore you. I think good photographers are also able to disarm people through conversation, but still, it’s difficult to have a disarming conversation with somebody you don’t know, or to make them laugh. For instance, a board meeting picture, like the one with Eric Saltzman: that was during a very tense discussion. I mean, it would be difficult for a cameraman to be in a room where a board is having a heated debate. And then, it also has the meaning that you are unencumbered legally, that you are free, as in ‘free software.’ This means that a lot of people who have a Net presence have a legally encumbered Net presence. The third part of the pun is that, since I’m asking for a model release from the subjects, I’m asking everyone to be much more open and giving about their image than most people typically are. In a way, giving up your image and allowing anyone to use it: it’s the ultimate gift.
output:  Darkrooms don't make sense anymore with today's technology.
options:  Darkrooms don't make sense anymore with today's technology.  They are a darkroom geek.  Darkrooms are not all that exciting.  Doing the wet work in the darkroom will always produce a superior picture.