Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Jayanand I feel very differently about Ansel's work as you know. Let > me say > as an example that to stand in Yosemite is a religious experience. yes it is. Being there, independent of any picture taking... With my coming move to Sacramento, we will be close ... that is one of the compelling reasons to be enthusiastic about Sacramento. If you can capture in a photo, what you feel and see there, that is bound to be a great photo... Steve > > 2009/6/3 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > >> Hoppy, >> I am with HCB on the latter point. Though Adams' iconic vision looks >> great, it also looks bare, emotionless and to a point a little >> sterile >> - that those vast swathes of land have no living creature in them at >> all....(I have four of Alan Ross' prints of AA negatives, and they >> really glow - but I would not buy more) >> >> For a modern equivalent for using unusual equipment, there is Nick >> Brandt, who shoots African wildlife close up, and in black & white >> with a Pentax 6x7 - http://www.nickbrandt.com/ . These things are >> generally the exception rather than the rule. Each one chooses the >> tools for the job at hand depending on how he conceptualizes and >> visualizes it, and these things will differ from person to person. >> What I think is more important, is that the photographer is one with >> his camera, working on pure instinct. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:18 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net >> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >>> George Lottermoser wrote: >>> >>>>>> >>> Paul strand could have chosen a rollei, or whatever >>> he chose an 8x10 camera with a prism on the lens >>> for his street work in Egypt. >>> That work looks the way it does >>> because of the man and his choice. >>> <<< >>> >>> And Eliot Porter used a 4x5 view camera for his photos of wild >>> birds. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading >>> provider - >>> http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information