Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/01

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] was: Leica content, now get busy
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:08:04 -0500
References: <a3f189160910010814h3f654072md6bb7ac064d8aae6@mail.gmail.com> <4CA36255-557C-431C-8372-1AE848005149@gmail.com> <39104AF9-7E00-4D7F-8641-88CB8C0333C3@frozenlight.eu>

For me it's simply a matter of picking up a camera.
The moment I'm holding a camera
photographic seeing begins
whether at home, near or many miles from home.

And no matter where I find myself
light can always make me reach for camera.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist


On Oct 1, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> And I could not disagree more when you say that it is hard to find  
> photo ops in one's daily environment. On the contrary. I find that  
> I take the best pictures in my daily environment, and as I look  
> through the postings on the list, I conclude that this is true for  
> the vast majority of other people as well.

> On Oct 1, 2009, at 7:29 PM, K Landdeck wrote:
>
>> I had to admit to myself though that it -can- be hard to find  
>> photo opportunities in one's daily environment.  In the case of  
>> one's home, familiarity may not breed contempt, but it does often  
>> prevent me from really seeing.  It's too easy to go through the  
>> days on auto-pilot without noticing the things most familiar to  
>> myself.  Sonny's challenge reminded me that when I make the effort  
>> even the most familiar and mundane can be photographic fodder.


Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] was: Leica content, now get busy)
In reply to: Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] was: Leica content, now get busy)
Message from bamboozld at gmail.com (K Landdeck) ([Leica] was: Leica content, now get busy)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] was: Leica content, now get busy)