Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My God! Did I miss something in B.D's post? Sounded like good advice to me. Steve Rowell - --- lea <lea@whinydogpress.com> wrote: > <<Alfie, you have to give much, much more thought to what you shoot - at > least > you do if you are planning to post the images>> > > If I have any complaints about the PAW it is summed up in this extraction > from B.D.'s post to Alfie regarding his post for the week. > > First of all, Alfie can post whatever the hell he wants. And who is B.D. to > say Alfie didn't give a heck of a lot of thought to this image even before > he posted it? Who made B.D. the judge-god-almighty of what should and > shouldn't get posted to a PAW? > > B.D. goes further in his mean-spirited (I can't help but think he thought it > might be interpreted as mean spirited since he writes << I don't want to be > mean - honest - >>) letter to say Alfie is shooting like a child with > his/her first camera in that Alfie is shooting everything in sight. So the > hell what????? How do you think a person is supposed to learn? I'm more than > certain that HCB, Eugene Atget, Walker Evans and all the others didn't start > out shooting masterpieces when they first pulled their cameras out of the > box. Photography is art and becoming good at it takes time...and practice. > Why in the world would a fellow photographer begrudge another the right to > shoot (and POST) whatever in the world he/she wants. > > I am appalled. > Lea > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:37 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Alfie's January 26th PAW > > > : But shoot what? > : > : Alfie, you have to give much, much more thought to what you shoot - at > least > : you do if you are planning to post the images. Try to remember that just > : because something looks somehow interesting to you when you see it, does > not > : mean it will necessarily translate into a photograph that is worth having > : taken. > : > : I understand that you are new to this, and I don't want to be mean - > : honest - but what you are doing is what kids often do when they get their > : first camera - shoot everything they see thinking that the fact that what > : they see is captured on film will make it a good photograph. Look at the > : image you posted this week and ask yourself 'what is interesting about > this > : and why would anyone want to look at it?' Are there striking patterns of > : some sort? Not to my eye. Is there something particularly unusual about > : either house? Not really. Is there something worth capturing in the yard? > : Not that's in the photo. > : > : Keep shooting, but THINK before you shoot. Think about why you are taking > : the particular photo, and think about what it will look like when it is > : printed. > : > : B. D. > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > : [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Straus > : Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:36 PM > : To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > : Subject: Re: [Leica] Alfie's January 26th PAW > : > : > : on 1/22/02 7:08 PM, Albert Wang at leica_phile@hotmail.com wrote: > : > : > This week my PAW is at: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=468422 > : > : This one doesn't say anything to me. I think you needed to go down the > : stairs into the yard and shoot :) > : -- > : John > : Chicago, IL > : http://SlideOne.com > : ==================== > : > : -- > : 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 > : > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html