Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mike's Ten Books(2)
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:57:36 -0500

At 12:37 PM 4/21/98 +0200, you wrote:
>
>I repeat my opinion that when a photographer throws the background out of
>focus to emphasis the main subject he is guilty of LAZY technique.  A
>photographer that cares about the final image will search for diagonals and
>lines and light and shade and many other devices to get his message across.
> To simply point the camera and rack the lens is LAZY.

No, but this kind of thinking is.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

I have my doubts about disbelief.