Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Look deeper, B.D. And if I were you I'd look in to fixing the AF on your camera. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.widlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> >Sent: Jun 10, 2007 9:24 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Just wondering... > >So I'll ignore the pleasant lecture, Philippe, and respond to the comment >about the Supermarket Muzak. Actually, I agree with you - sort of. I >actually like the music - Going Home, Mark Knopfler's theme from the movie >local hero - but to each their own. I can generally do without sound, but >bridal couples seem to like it - and it's up there for them and their >friends, not for me. > >Actually, I will respond to the first part - the lecture. I did not say that >anyone's crap - what I did say is that someone the subjects, and responses >to them, are always the same. If you don't believe me, try turning off your >LUG mail for a few weeks, or better yet, a month, then turn it back on and >look at the first 10, 20, 100 posts to come through. It is really eye >opening. > > >On 6/10/07 11:53 AM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > >> Now th?t's a Groundhog Day feeling for me. >> This is a so very typical and reoccuring situation, every time again: >> >> A somewhat blunt B.D. statement suggesting that we're all crap and >> that can only lead to one reaction: and how are you doing, dude? >> Followed by a number of fine photographs to prove that you are doing >> very well. Sometimes accompanied with an Oly endorsement. >> Mostly it's preceded by an (easily decryptable and predictable) >> enigmatic phrase that has to prove that you are a man of the world >> but that also suggests/insinuates the contrary of those that react to >> it. >> It's your typical recipe, B.D. A teaching trick. Very Jesuit, too. >> But we're not your pupils, are we? >> We know you're a good photographer. We know you make good >> photographs. We appreciate them every time again. Sometimes we learn >> something from them. That's all good. >> But please leave this self-assuring foreplays out. You don't need >> that. And neither do we: we're all grown ups here. >> >> Thanks for showing, >> Philippe >> >> BTW: Although I liked the slide show I didn't like the music at all: >> so very clich? and pass?. A warp back in time into the era of >> supermarket muzak. Surely you can do better than that? >> >> >> Op 10-jun-07, om 16:34 heeft B. D. Colen het volgende geschreven: >> >>> To answer a number of questions about what's with me and what have >>> I been up >>> to - >>> - My health is fine, thanks; >>> - I'm very busy in my day job - some of you may have noticed a >>> flood of >>> recent stories about some exciting stem cell research ;-) >>> - I've been busy shooting - >>> >>> Among other recent jobs: >>> >>> Here's a slide show with sound of two days of wedding prep and >>> wedding at >>> the Baltimore zoo - >>> >>> www.bdcolenphoto.com/aliceandtriften >>> >>> Here's a pdf of a complete book shot at the Broad Institute of the >>> celebration of Eric Lander's - he of the human genome project - 50th >>> birthday and the 20th anniversary of his lab - >>> >>> www.bdcolenphoto.com/eric@50.pdf >>> >>> And here's book 2 of a 2 book shoot I did of a weekend celebration >>> of the >>> life of the deceased wife of a Detroit auto exec. The first volume >>> was the >>> gathering of family and friends the day before; this volume >>> captures the >>> event itself, held at Symphony Hall in Detroit. >>> >>> www.bdcolenphoto.com/millerbook2.pdf >>> >>> Other than that I just finished teaching my documentary photo class >>> at MIT, >>> and next month will be teaching my Maine Photographic Workshop >>> class. Next >>> spring I'll be teaching my doc photo class at both MIT and the Harvard >>> Extension School. >>> >>> So that's what I've been up to. Oh, right, and I am still shooting >>> with the >>> Olympus E1, E330, and occasionally the E500. And to echo the >>> comments of >>> several of you, the 7-14 f4 is a terrific lens; it's virtually >>> welded to my >>> e330 body - the combination of the super wide angle and the flip >>> out - and >>> therefore waist-level - viewing screen is terrific. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information