Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 26, 2011, at 5:13 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > Read, absorb, but don't copy. Develop your own technique, but > whatever it is stay outside the box. I also like his "?the Encyclopedia Syndrome. What I mean by this is that they shoot the same pictures ?seen in books for many decades over and over again. I think you know what I mean? They usually have no compelling message and mediocre lighting. They are the perfect pictures for an encyclopedia? but from an artistic photographic perspective the images are boring and have little value. On the other hand, if your intent is to produce good photographs, I can think of few things that are more boring or more overdone that these kinds of images. My first suggestion is to resist and avoid the Encyclopedia Syndrome. Think, look and figure out what you are trying to express before you shoot." whether "safari," flowers, street or any other subject - He calls for reaching out for something we can truly call our own. Most difficult task at hand. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist