Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent question! A. Photography fulfils various needs of mine - one, to allow me a creative outlet - I can't paint or draw to save my life, but photography gives me the opportunity to do something artistic. Two, because it's helped me to see better - I enjoy the sights around me a lot more because I'm constantly looking more critically, and I actually see more. And three, because it allows me to fiddle with wonderful gadgets, and I'm very much a little boy at heart. All three reasons add up to one thing - because I want to. B. Whatever takes my fancy. Primarily objects and places, especially those that stir whatever passes for my soul. Not people so much, partly because I'm lousy at people pics, partly because I don't generally find pics of people anything like as interesting as the people themselves. C. Sometimes in an attempt to create art, sometimes to record the impact on me, sometimes to give me an excuse to be in awesome places. Mostly because that's what I enjoy - no, love. Nick ----- Original Message ---- From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, 3 April, 2006 12:21:57 PM Subject: [Leica] why we photograph? Enough of "what's your favorite color film?" or "which exotic animal skin makes the best covering for a gold plated IIIg?" Today's question is a three parter: A. Why do you photograph? B. What's your primary subject matter? C. Why? ___