Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Teddy me bucko, >That's no fair--you're speaking from the perspective of someone who's >skilled enough as a photographer to actually get usable photographs out >of the existing M6. And...PRACTICE? Nobody practices anything these >days. Hi Mike, Yeah I know, everyone wants instant gratification and practice isn't in the vocabulary these days for a lot of folks - "young and old". ;) >Work is the cure. When people get going on a project that excites and >involves them, suddenly all complaints evaporate.>>>>> You can say that again! Jeeeesh! I should be shooting for a new book I'm working on, not reading & gabbing away at this sometimes annoying stuff. Oh yeah and there is a "magazine article" I should wrap! ;) :) >Shooting two films a day will solve most any photographic complaint.>>>> How true! :) I guess when I go on a rant it's my old fart photographer showing through at the young bucks. :) ted >I remember a story Bill Jay tells. The legendary Koudelka was staying >with him at his cabin in the woods and got up early and went out and >shot a couple of rolls around the woodpile and so forth. Fascinated, >Bill asked him what he was doing, since rustic tree shots hardly seemed >remotely within the area of his concerns. (Christ, there goes Johnston >again, paraphrasing...FORGIVE ;-) me.) "Must keep the hand and eye in >shape," answered Koudelka. > > >--Mike Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant