Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 2/1/04 10:58:46 PM, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: << Larry Z. told us that ... "When I ask my wife" - who, we are told, makes her own oil paint and brushes - "if she would care to use one of my Leicas to take a picture, she sniffs "What's the challenge in that? You push the button and Kodak does the rest." Well, I could say something about terminal pretentiousness, but I'll restrain myself... ;-) >> B. D., You are reading too much into my post. I never said my wife makes her own paints and brushes. She is happy to buy them, thank you. She just feels, as most fine artists do, that photography is a mechanical art, with the camera lens doing the heavy lifting. Clearly the choice and framing of a subject is the same for both media but photographers have the advantage that they do not have to spend years in learning the eye/hand coordination necessary to apply paint to canvas. True, they have to learn other things - but painters don't concern themselves with technology. Larry Z - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html