Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sal, Can you direct me to a link of the shot of Terry Gross...I'd love to see it. She's a favorite of mine. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sal DiMarco,Jr." <sdmp007@pressroom.com> To: "LUG >for posts" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:27 PM Subject: [Leica] Bokeh is still nonsense : Luggers, : In my earlier post, condemning bokeh, a couple of other luggers took me : to task. : Well, please allow me to clear up a few misconceptions.... : Frank Flippone stated "Ted and Sal... you are both trained press : photographers. You handle the camera to grab that instant of time that shows : whatever it is you see in the photo. Focusing on anything but the subject, : and its overall surroundings would cost you your livelihood. You shoot 35 : because it is quick and you can be light on your feet. Sal even lists many : photographers he has known, all to my knowledge, are working press : shooters." : Frank where have you been? I don't think Yousuf Karsh or Ralph Gibson : can even remotely be considered "press photographers." The people I named, : are friends, with whom I've seriously discussed photography. The word : "bokeh" NEVER came up. It is a non-subject. : Secondly, you assume Ted & I do only "Gun & Run" photography. This is : TOTALLY false. Ninety-Five percent of photojournalism is not news event : related. Have you looked beyond the news sections? A lot of today's : photojournalism is in contemplative style, you talk about. : The two most recent photos I have had published were, a color photo of : National Public Radio's Terry Gross in her broadcast studio. The picture is : in the Sunday New York Times Arts & Leisure Section (12/30/01). It was lit : with a couple of strobes. The second was the cover of USA Weekend.(12/30/01) : I set-up a studio in the home of a baby born on 9/11/01. This again was a : strobe shot, but shot on 120 format. : These are hardly instant of time photos. Further more, Tomorrow, I will : be in Princeton, finishing an architecture story for the NY Times Weekend : Section. How is this "Gun & Run" photography? : I have and do change modes, I DO work with 4x5 & 8x10. My Father had a : small studio in Philadelphia. His idea of small format was 4x5! I do know : what it is like to take two days to create one photograph. : Now, to Doug Herr.... : How are our markets different? People have purchased my photographs to : hang on their walls, I also sold a photo or two for calendar usage. : What you call bokeh, I call selective focus. Selective focus plays a : part in everyone's work including Ted's and mine. No one is belittling : another person's technique or concern over image properties. : The final picture is the only thing which is important. No one ever : bought, published or liked a photo because of "great bokeh." Have you ever : heard, "Well the subject stinks but the bokeh is fantastic?" Has anyone read : a review of Sebastiao Salgado's work where the reviewer praises his use of : bokeh? It is a non-subject. : I can not imagine, Eisie saying to me, "Salvatore, nice bokeh in that : picture you had in last week's magazine." : : Happy Snaps, : Sal DiMarco, Jr. : Philadelphia, PA : : In the blind to Brother Pierce: : Bill, : Can you imagine on a Friday night, John saying, "...But Henry you've got : to use this photo. It has great bokeh" ? : : -- : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html