Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You started it, you get a "Go" pass, but I would hate to see everyone turns to flowers. Not that it's easy of course, but... (not that I am a list ghod or something, everyone is of course free to do whatever they want...) On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > To answer your question, I don't know why everyone else shoots flowers. For > me it is the "chase." I usually shoot either Thursday evening or Friday > morning the week I post. I never use macro gear, and always shoot "in the > wild." (I take that back, twice I shot inside because of weather.) > > I started Friday Flowers on the Archivists list after I got an assignment > for Louisiana Life Magazine featuring Hodges Gardens. It was popular there, > so I started sharing with the Leica list, and soon others joined in. > > For me it is more about the photography than the flowers; since I live in a > place where I can find them year-round, it makes for an easy assignment to > keep me shooting. > > I have not missed a week since I started about six years ago, and only > twice > have I posted from stock, and that was when I had knee replacement surgery. > The third week, I walked down the street to shoot some spider lilies. > > Usually, I shoot with prime lenses, mostly with a Summicron 35 on the M8, > but lately with a 40mm DA Pentax ltd lens. I wish it fit my M8. > > I do shoot other subjects and try to post often, and I look at nearly every > picture posted here. > > You can see back issues here: > <http://www.sonc.com/friday/index.html> > www.sonc.com/friday/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Richard Man <richard at > richardmanphoto.com > >wrote: > > > I know about the Friday flowers, but this is a Leica list, ne? And Leica > > generally don't do flowers right? Unless it's a Visoflex or R, or may be > > nowadays an S2. In any case, go challenge Jim or Lluis, don't let them > > monopolize the non-flower pics :-) I want to see Occupy Starbucks > pictures! > > > > (spoken by the person who has not picked up a camera in 5 days due to > > having > > to catch up with work.... Soon... soon) > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>