Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff Segawa wrote: >I have no problems with a person maintaining gear in top condition, but >when it's still in it's original box, years after the fact, I think >something important has been missed. I fully agree Jeff. Too often people get caught up in owning a thing just for the sake of owning it. The most enjoyable thing for me during my career as a photographer has not been any of the cameras I have owned, it has been the places they have taken me, the exciting things I have seen. Finally, and most improtant to me, the people I have met while shooting their photographs. I have made more friends, and have experienced more professions than most people have even heard of, all with out watching TV! Get those cameras out of their boxes and start using them for what they were made for. Create some images then go make some more, all the while talking to the people you meet along the way and find out what life is about on the other side of the shutter. Don't be afraid to talk to the subjects in your photos you'll find out they are just like you no matter how rich, or poor they may be.(unless of course you shoot secnics, but if Mt Rushmore does say something back PLEASE let us know what it said) After all what you miss may very well be the best experiences of your life. Concerning the profession of photography a friend of mine who worked for a competeting paper in Atlanta described photojournalism best. He called it "The Game". He said that: (1) None of us really worked for a living, we got paid to play (true), (2) We all competed agianst each other to an extent, but mostly agianst ourselves (true), (3) Some days you got the best photo some days the other guy did -i.e. you win, he wins (true) and finally (4) It is almost always fun and when not fun it is at least exciting (almost always true). So if you have the choice to work or play the game what are you going to do. I gotta go tip off tommorow comes at sunup--Gosh who had to make majic hour so dam early!!!! Harrison McClary hmphoto@delphi.com http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto