Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a great quote! I don't know if you heard the Leibowitz interview on NPR awhile ago, but she said her son was always criticizing her for not having sharp images and taking photos on the fly rather than taking a more cognitive approach. She laughed and then said something to the effect, "but his photos are really boring"! :-) Bob Adler http://www.rgaphoto.com On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Ansel said it best: "There is nothing worse than a sharp photos of a fuzzy > idea." > > Tina > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: > >> Just with other artistic endeavors, technique is merely a mean to the end, >> not the end itself. >> >> If the technique is lousy, it would be very difficult to convey the >> message. But even if the technique is "perfect" it's garbage if it doesn't >> tell a story. >> >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:01 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < >> wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>>> For documentary work, content is king. >>> >>> IMHO, content is always #1 - but content plus good technique trumps >> content >>> alone. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> mail2web - Check your email from the web at >>> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Iisaka >> first name at last name dot org or com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information