[Leica] Signs

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

Oh, absolutely!

Not always, but there are times that it's a giggle or an irony that  
grabs me. Other times it's just artistic flair or brute strength. It  
might be history or an inside joke. I think that's why signs work for  
me in getting the shutter loose in hard times--a wide variety of  
triggers to get me going. Whatever get the attention, I try to work  
into a decent composition.

There are also times that I see things in editing that I did not  
register on when shooting. Of course, I believe we see things that do  
not register with us consciously, but trigger something we only  
understand later.

This may be a result of high school literature class. I never believed  
that authors intended or understood or intended all those themes and  
messages that we find in analytical reading. Good writing taps our  
shared experience and makes us associate common feelings.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/




On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:52 PM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> The 3 I mentioned seem to move beyond
> "relatively objective" documentary studies;
> to (however subtly) more "subjective" visual commentary.
>
> Do you "feel" this subtle difference while working some these?
> or
> Am I now commenting on my own "feelings" as a viewer of the  
> photographs?