Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The long thread with no subject is disturbing my OCD. I often think that we talk about bags so much because it's easy to talk about bags. You look, it has compartments, your camera fits in, or it doesn't, it holds your lenses, or it doesn't. But when presented with a photograph and asked "is this beautiful"? It is an exercise that reaches deep within us and asks us to disgorge part of our humanity to answer -- that's not so easily done. I'd love to see side by side comparisons of Leica photos and notleica photos taken with similar lenses under similar conditions. It would be a lovely exercise at one of those gatherings where we all show up and photograph one another stacking leicas in a bar. kc On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:04 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > The difficult questions: > Does this photograph express anything? > Does this photograph have heart, soul, humor, poignancy, intelligence, or?? > Why? > or > Why not? > > The easy questions: > Which camera? > Which lens? > Which f:stop? > Which shutter speed? > Which film/sensor? > Which filter? > Which paper/ink/developer/time/temperature/agitation/PS filter/curves? > > Sometimes even as an experienced photographer > I feel the need to review the technicalities that went into forming an > image > to discover why the image has failed or succeeded. > > I see it as an ongoing dance between learning, experience and expression; > with expression remaining the most difficult challenge. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:21 AM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > >> But taking pictures of landscapes? or a million other subjects.... LIKE >> WHO CARES BECAUSE IT STILL COMES DOWN TO ..."IS THE PHOTOGRAPH ANY GOOD?" >> And if it isn't who the hell cares what the lens , camera or exposure was? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information