Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed. I had to go buy another Leica M6 because I did not have enough cameras to take all the pictures that are out there. I post like 2 % of the stuff I shoot, I am a brutal editor of my own stuff. I shot pictures of flowers and posted it. The editor of a regional magazine googled "Spider Lilies" and found my picture. He bought it. The he gave me an assignment. Then He gave me another assignment. Then I got the cover of his magazine. Then I got another assignment. Then I got another cover. Two covers in a year from a major regional quarterly; 50% of their covers. "Aw it is too much trouble to push that little button and take pictures." Hey, the second Leica was free to me, because I used money from the last assignment to buy it. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish In a message dated 12/5/2004 7:36:43 PM Central Standard Time, KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu writes: Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 11:16:05 +0000 From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com> >Somebody submitted a suggestion for PAMs rather than PAWs - at this >time of year that feels a lot more practical ;-) Peter i will come and confiscate your leicas and donate them to school children. this goes for all of you (are you listening?) you have a freaking $1300 camera. go take some @#$@#$ pictures! as i have told y'all before, (perhaps not in so many words) when Vanity Fair or Harpers or Newsweek or whomever tells a photographer "I want some exciting pictures of people folding laundry" gosh darn it, they _get_ exciting pictures of people folding laundry. because life around you at any given moment seems dull is no excuse for not taking an interesting and inspiring photograph. if you're GOOD you find the photo. and if you're NOT good you need to get better (so go look for the photo). and if you're NEVER going to be good, you need to swap that leica to someone for a set of stereo speakers or a used volkswagon or a playstation 2 or something. there you have it. show me some pictures, people. show me some good pictures. kc _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information