Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm going to take a copy of this with me on my trip to the south. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:21 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Coming back to film - film or digital ? > 2004 is the first time in 4 years that I will > shoot more film frames than digital. The good news > is that the (low) quality of my photography proves > remarkably resilient to any medium changes. > I have convinced myself beyond any possible doubt > that it just does not matter. :-) > > So Be Drunk ! Enivrez-vous ! Live up the passion > > One must always shoot. That is the only thing that > matters. So as not to feel the hideous weight of Time > breaking your shoulders and bowing you to the earth, > you must shoot without rest. > > But with what? With Tri-X, slides, or digital as you please. > Just shoot. > > And if sometimes, when you wake up on the steps of > the palace, or on the green grass of a ditch, or in the gloomy > solitude of your room, your Lagavullin stupor already > ebbing or gone, ask the wind, the wave, the star; the bird, the clock; > ask everything that flies, everything that moans or moves, > everything that sings, everything that speaks, > ask what time it is; and the wind, wave, star, > bird, clock will tell you, "It's time to shoot! So as not to be the > martyred slaves of time, shoot, shoot without ceasing! > WIth Tri-X, slides or digital, as you choose." > > Just shoot. > > :-) > > - Phong > with profuse apologies to Baudelaire and his multitudes of fans > (I did spend 2 hours today in an cemetery shooting, in fact > sometimes with my face in the grass in a ditch. With color slides). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information