Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me it's the capacity of telling a story, or giving the spectator a sense of one's world, in 10 shots max. But 20 out of 200 is not that great as an average IMO. B.D., is she nice looking? ;-) > From: Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:53:05 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The great thing about teaching a workshop... > > What specifically are the qualities that make these more than random snap > shots? What do you mean when you say 'one of these images' and 'one or two > like these'? What are you looking at and seeing in them? > > > >> But when looked at carefully, they're not at all. One might spend an >> afternoon in this situation, as she did, taking random snapshots, and not >> get one of these images. Or, if one was lucky taking random snap shots, >> get >> one or two like these; she's got at least 20 out of 200- which is a >> shockingly high success rate. >> >> >> On 7/10/05 12:52 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >> >>> Tamer than Clark, but very similar. The amazing thing is they look, at >>> first glance, like random snapshots. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Or Larry Clark's stuff - She really has an eye. >>>> >>>> On 7/10/05 10:30 AM, "bill harting" <vintagebill@verizon.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Reminds me of aspects of Frederic Wiseman's amazing film "Belfast". >>>>> >>>>> bill h >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:35 AM >>>>> Subject: [Leica] The great thing about teaching a workshop... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> ...is discovering that one of your students has IT... >>>>>> >>>>>> This work was shot by a 24-year-old woman named Casey Splain; remember >>>>>> that >>>>>> name: >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album244 >>>>>> >>>>>> B. D. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >