Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Better than aspirin
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:39:32 -0800

>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