Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well said! Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Aug 14, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:39 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at > mac.com>wrote: > >> I think you vastly underestimate the depth of knowledge, training and >> experience on this list. For example: I'd guess that Doug Herr spends at >> least a hundred hours of "observation" for every minute of looking through >> a viewfinder. >> > > > ?I agree. No one "taught" me to be a news photographer, I did not get > training to photograph flowers; though I've led a few classes in > photography, I've never taken one. > > Mostly, I look. I don't always share what I see either. When I do, I call > it photography. > > Johnny Deadman (once on this list) called photography a "higher form of > pointing." I'll buy that.? > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >