Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:23 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I have not seen people posting pictures with copyright & their initials in > the center and each corner of their image. Five places! And all about all > I > do is surf the internet for great photography. > Perhaps an insight was to why your images needs to be so intensely > protected > to this extant way beyond what any other photographers on the internet do? > It just comes across as real odd. You see, I'm so jealous of my images... kidding! A close friend of mine had a bad experience with his picture posted on the web, so that I prefer to take the "risk" of discouraging visitors like you, who don't like watermarks. > I'd spend about three seconds on a site > like that. If you don't spend time on my site you may not miss much, but if you do the same on Magnum and VII websites (which use respectively 5 and 9 watermarks) you miss a lot! > As to your comment on @Ted its not all about opinions on photography an the > LUG or anywhere. Photography has its opinions but there are also hard > realities. When you listen to a photographer with so much acclaim and > decades of consistent work its not just another opinion. You give it a > large benefit of the doubt assuming it was a fact not an opinion into > proven > otherwise. And after that still believe it. This is on the craft. > As to opinions on the worth of certain photographers than those are > opinions. Some more informed than others. For sure there are some objective criteria that one can use to assess the value of photographic work. I just meant that, if I don't like some pictures, it does not mean that they are awful. I tend to respect the work of other photographers. Again to make an example: while I like a lot Cartier-Bresson, Erwitt, Bischof, Harvey, McCurry, I don't like Marlow, Parr, Burnett. Should, hypothetically, Burnett criticize my work (hypothetically submitted to the WPP2011), I'll filter this criticism to remove any prejudice of a certain modern way to take photograph against more traditional photography, and I will retain the constructive part of the criticism. Have a good day Paolo > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Paolo Burlando <pburphoto at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 22:57:31 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] new member >> >> Dear LUG members, >> >> I am new of the list, just subscribed. I have been reading your posts for >> quite some time in the past. Actually, I also participated to the FOM2 >> project >> a few years ago (with two images selected for the book!). I decided >> finally to >> knock at the door of this community, with the hope of sharing some virtual >> time and, why not, eventually meeting you somewhere/sometime. >> >> I live in Switzerland and I work in academia. But, more importantly for >> this >> list, I am a Leica user and addicted to photography. Unfortunately I don't >> have much time for it and I will also have limited time for active >> participation to this list. For this you will read from me not that >> frequently. >> >> If you want to see some of my work you can browse my web pages: >> http://home.ggaweb.ch/pburphoto/Paolo_Burlando_Photographer/Home.html >> C&C are obviously welcome. >> >> That's it, so far. Looking forward to more opportunities within the LUG. >> >> Paolo >> >> PS I forgot one last thing: happy 2011! >> >> >> _________ >> Paolo Burlando >> CH-8127 Forch >> Switzerland >> e-mail: pburphoto at gmail.com >> http://home.ggaweb.ch/pburphoto/Paolo_Burlando_Photographer/Home.html >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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