Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not really unhealthy but the smell of fresh asphalt can get overwhelming at times and during the summer it can be quite hot. Also best to use a UV filter and hood to protect lens surfaces from flying asphalt On Mar 29, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I once (in Zurich, I think) saw an entire photo exhibition of images > shot from a moving car. Not bad at all. > > 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 30, 2010, at 6:48 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > >> Now that I've moved to the suburbs after 35 years in NYC I'm >> discovering a >> new genre (for me): car photography. I really enjoy it. It's totally >> dangerous of course but i try to be smart, you know, within the >> boundaries >> of being stupid. I miss having streets on which to do street >> photography. >> >> Here are some car images though: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/car >> +photography/ >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Jeffery Smith >> <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I sense that there are fewer fans of street photography, but I >>> cannot say >>> why. The Street Photography forum seemed to go from B&W film to >>> color >>> digital about 7-8 years ago (when digital became completely >>> usable), and the >>> division between street photography and other genres seems to have >>> become >>> fuzzy as a result. Lluis's photos seem to still be squarely in the >>> genre of >>> street photography. And I see less of this every day. Some of the >>> street >>> photography adherents on the LUG seem to have drifted away, and >>> some have >>> died. Steve LeHuray really lived and breathed street photography >>> with a >>> Leica M that made Garry Winogrand's M4 seem "minty" (ebay term) by >>> comparison. Maybe the SPers are a dying breed. After last week's >>> heated >>> discussion of about 100 posts on SP, I hope nobody was scared off. >>> >>> I want to get back into Lluis mode soon. >>> >>> Jeffery >>> >>> >>> On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >>> >>>> Is street photography dying? I just returned from a major NY area >>>> photo >>> show >>>> in a community rife with advertising, commercial and TV >>>> photographers. >>> There >>>> were 60 exhibitors, many of them successful photo professionals. >>>> Only one >>>> offered what could be called a street photo. There were just three >>> pictures >>>> of people, one in the street photo and the other two reasonably >>>> formal >>>> portraits. The rest were carefully arranged landscapes, flowers, >>>> and >>> travel >>>> scenes with studied attention to the rules of composition. There >>>> was >>> little >>>> spontaneity and no apparent joy. It looked like the final exam in >>>> a photo >>>> school composition class. Everyone was trying to be an ARTIST. >>>> How boring >>>> compared to the LUG. Fortunately the wine and cheese were good. >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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