Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The classic Kodak primer on photography was always called "How To Make Good Pictures". I think recent editions are "How to Take Good Pictures". Of course like everything else, the old ones are better ;>) I always think of photos as "made" or "found". The former being studio-type pictures, while the latter are more like street photos or nature pics. Mike D Rei Shinozuka wrote: > i think that even in america, the more common usage is to "take" a > photograph. i think ansel adams might have been the one who popularized > the "make a photograph" phrase, hence those serious students of > photography such as might be found on the LUG would affect the same > jargon. "make" implies more a creativity process and less aggression > than "take." > > -rei > > >>From: "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com> >> >>I've discovered something since I've been subscribed to the LUG. Americans >>"make" photographs while the British "take" them. There's something >>fundamental about this but I'm not sure what. >> >>Just an observation. >> >>Neil > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html