Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]roll2-0011.jpg is my favorite. your experiment reminds me of student projects in which you release the shutter as a response to gesture or some sort of visual stimulus. also notice that you clicked the shutter in response to a lot of cute young girls... leo wesson > ---------- > From: Johnny Deadman > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:06 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hipshot Street Project > > > On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 12:46 PM, Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > > > While I applaud the idea behind the project, it would > > be nice to see more thoughtful composition and some > > basic culling. This seems to be a perfect use for a > > digital camera. I'd like to see the edited 10. > > The idea was to remove 'thoughtful composition' so that the choice of > composition came down to the editor not the photographer. 'basic > culling' is simply editing, which is what this about. some of the edits > that have already come in include pictures I personally would have > culled on the first pass. > > I am not trying to encourage everyone to take up hipshooting, nor have > I forsaken the viewfinder. It's an experiment. > > An edit of zero pictures, if you have honestly looked at them all and > can find nothing interesting, is a perfectly valid edit. > > > -- > John Brownlow > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html