Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not at all interested in a critique sub-list for PAW. For me, the purpose of the PAW is not in critiquing...it's simply for showing and looking. Often I see images in the various PAWs that warrent comment of some nature. Many do not. If I feel particularly moved by an image I will comment, otherwise I assume the shooter will continue photographing, continue posting and the world will continue spinning...whether I comment or not. I think by the time we purchase Leicas, build our darkrooms, calibrate our systems, process our own film or find a decent lab, build a web site, scan and post images we're deep enough into it to have a pretty good idea if an image is stong or not. I'm certainly not qualified to be a critiquer other than to say what I like and don't like. And I pretty much assume any photographer can look at his/her work and see where it is strong and where it is weak long before I point it out to them. Maybe I am incorrect in that...but I can say it is true for me of my own work. So...if the PAW is to become a critique-based project sub list, I'm not interested. The spirit of the project, as I understood it, was simply to show off the fact that our high-end gear was actually seeing film........... Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:21 PM Subject: [Leica] Success crisis : The Picture A Week movement, bravely started by Kyle Cassidy last year, is : an amazing success. I am absolutely thrilled that so many people are : actually taking pictures with their Leicas. : : It does, though, present for the LUG what we in the computer industry call : a "success crisis". The traffic on the LUG has increased dramatically since : so many people jumped in to PAW. I can't possibly object; this is what it's : all about, but I do have to find a way to focus the PAW traffic somehow. : : I have a few ideas. Like so many other ideas, they involve programming : computers to do things somewhat differently. In the meantime, how would : people feel about a sub-list whose entire purpose was PAW critiques. I'm : not proposing this as a long-term solution, but it might ameliorate things : in the short term. : : Brian Reid : LUG Barkeeper : : -- : 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