Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What you're experienced was an early post-diluvian eruption from arguments long ago about what was real in photography. The period that brought on the onslaught of the Nikon, with its accompanying F-36 motor-drive, was also a time of contention between the old timers and the young turks. The old timers instilled in the younger crew a sense of inferiority with regard to their skills and abilities. It was a well known fact, in those days, that real photographers used MF and preferably LF. The Nikon head bangers, well...were just that, a bunch of young upstarts who couldn't shoot their way out of a smudged skylight filter. For some reason as the young turks aged, they never lost their defensiveness. The square was forever to be poo- pooed. Now, mind you, I don't ascribe to any of these mind sets. For me true art is looking through the editorial and magazine pages and copying whatever new style is in vogue to keep myself relevant. Now, that's art! Slobodan Dimitrov On Oct 31, 2006, at 7:34 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Walt Johnson wrote: >> Very few square photographs appear well composed to me. I'd go 6x9 >> and be fine. > > I beg your pardon: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v22/06v22-0011.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v13/06v13-0001.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v15/06v15-0039.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/04v16-0028a-65429.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/04v10-61939.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/22-37338.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/v26-0012-47928.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/merna-sandy-37312.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/informal/23-37335.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ > nyeve2006/05v52-0015.jpg.html > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information