Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Formats are fixed because we have to make emulsions by machine to keep it cheap and easy. Anytime a composition falls into the a film defined format, it is either serendipity or forced in. Find an image and then cut off the parts that don't contribute -- 6X9, 6X6, 24X36, 4X5, 1X16, or round -- whatever makes it better. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies On Oct 31, 2006, at 6:45 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Slobodan > > It all boils down to a few simple to understand concepts having > nothing to do with Rollie Days. If it feels good, exploit it. If it > fits well then that makes good composition. Or as old Eddie use to > say "composition is the clearest way of seeing". There are some of > Daniel's 2 1/4 images whose elements fall right into place. Some, > to me, don't quite make it as far as composition. Still very nice > images but lacking that visual organization which jumps off the > page. Just my opinion and when I said 6x9 I was talking about an > enlarged 35mm. Uncropped, of course. I don't think this means all > of us using 35's are hung up on the Greek thing but I enjoy working > fast. Not sloppy, just fast. To me, relevance relates to feeling > and not the latest hot craze. I enjoy quite a bit of what I see > along the lines of Kyle's work or many of the latest Magnum shooters. > > The bottom line though is to do one's own thing. Nothing else is > real and if not real then it will fall by the wayside. I've seen > shots made with 4x5's and Rollies which have plenty of power but > the old times never did managed to convince me my Nikon was > unsuitable for news work. Maybe there were those young ones who > made them feel a bit archaic. > > Walt (now archaic, not feeling inferior and crusty as a sore-tailed > cat in a room full of rocking chairs) > > Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> What you're experienced was an early post-diluvian eruption from >> arguments long ago about what was real in photography. >> The period that brought on the onslaught of the Nikon, with its >> accompanying F-36 motor-drive, was also a time of contention >> between the old timers and the young turks. The old timers >> instilled in the younger crew a sense of inferiority with regard >> to their skills and abilities. >> It was a well known fact, in those days, that real photographers >> used MF and preferably LF. The Nikon head bangers, well...were >> just that, a bunch of young upstarts who couldn't shoot their way >> out of a smudged skylight filter. For some reason as the young >> turks aged, they never lost their defensiveness. The square was >> forever to be poo- pooed. >> Now, mind you, I don't ascribe to any of these mind sets. For me >> true art is looking through the editorial and magazine pages and >> copying whatever new style is in vogue to keep myself relevant. >> Now, that's art! >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 31, 2006, at 7:34 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> >>> Walt Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> Very few square photographs appear well composed to me. I'd go >>>> 6x9 and be fine. >>> >>> >>> I beg your pardon: >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> 2006v22/06v22-0011.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> 2006v13/06v13-0001.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> 2006v15/06v15-0039.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/ >>> 04v16-0028a-65429.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/04v10-61939.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/22-37338.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/v26-0012-47928.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/merna- >>> sandy-37312.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/23-37335.jpg.html >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> nyeve2006/05v52-0015.jpg.html >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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