Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What about still life? Commercial Photography? My Doll House story? All of these involve scenes set up by the photographer, and this has been accepted as photography since the beginning of photography's history in the 1820's. You're confusing photography with journalism. Journalism can use photography, but not all photography is journalism, with journalism's 'absolute truth/nothing altered' ethics. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 3/1/10 2:05 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Self-portraits are OK, you point the camera at yourself (or put in on a > tripod > and use a self-timer)--after all, you are in the scene. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:56 AM, philippe.amard wrote: > >> What of (self) portraits then? >> >> best from calmer Metz >> ph >> >> Le 1 mars 10 ? 07:35, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit : >> >>> >>> For me the answer is easy. The moment you start moving elements around >>> and >>> adding stuff that was not in the scene, then it is no longer a photograph >>> but a montage (as are the panoramas I sometimes post). >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:22 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >>> >>>> David Pogue, tech columnist for the New York Times has a must read >>>> article >>>> on the limits of photography. It touches on many of the items we have >>>> considered on the LUG. >>>> >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/personaltech/25pogue-email.htm >>>> l?8cir&emc=cir >>>> >>>> >>>> Larry Z >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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