Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=301991&size=md > > This weeks submission is a Noctilux shot in color. I can't remember if the > aperture was 1.4 or 1.0, but the DOF is pretty thin. I like the way the > combination of Noctilux and Kodak Portra 400 can give you delicate color on > indoor shots--combined with that wonderful creamy blurred background. I > suppose this is "good" bokeh. > > I realize the aesthetics of the shot fail the Kyle Cassidy test--this is my > son looking solemn as he graduates from the lowest rank of Cub Scouts to the > next. But I think my program is different than Kyles'. I am trying to apply > the techniques of art photography and photo journalism to the making of > family photographs--something more than saccharine record shots of everyone > smiling, something less than photographs that will save the world. Mark, that is a good shot, although I wish it had some reference as to why your son is so solemn, and it sounds like you are embarking on a challenging lifetime project. sl > > But here is a test for you. Your house is burning down. You can save > yourself, your children and one valued possession. Do you save your > treasured original print by a famous photographer, or do you take your > family album? > > The family album, I think. It is unique, and it is yours. It is worth > imbuing with art and love. Someone may actually want to look at it 50 years > hence. > > Mark Davison > >