Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/24

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Subject: [Leica] Death of PJ, revisited
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:45:10 -0400


What we don't like is one thing but everybody loves little videos and slide
shows with sound. And big videos People hate reading.  Utube rules. People
don't even watch TV any more they go through mucho mini videos instead. They
like to be told stories. Reading is too much work. I'm ok with people making
slide shows of my shoots. Having sound tracks worked in. a story being told
with my pix through the proper sequencing. Its not what some call the mise
en page. A layout. Its a time thing. A rhythm thing.
- people want sound now. If not video than they can  do with slide shows.
And slide shows are stills. I've done them all my life. One with 12
projectors for 6 flags.
I've had a Kodak carousel be my portfolio at times.
People would come by and I'd play just the right music with it.
It was not a casual decision.
And the speed had to be right.

The first photo I ever got paid for it was photographs of actors and I saw
it on TV on the news with the reviewer.  For the Chicago premier of the play
Day in the Death of Joe Egg with Jo Henderson and Tony Tanner. We got raves.
I saw my pix on the TV news. It was amazing. I felt like I helped out. It
was 1969; summer of love. Give or take.

Mark William Rabiner





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