Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That negative to moonrise is pretty thin! I saw it once in Tucson, Arizona. Curt CB's Ipad On Mar 25, 2013, at 11:12 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Adam, > > I hope you noticed I was mixing an example of copying Ansel Adams > Moonrise Over Hernandez with doing original work . . . > > I don't think you are thoughtless. I only challenged you to become one > with your gear and take pictures. > > In an earlier post I suggested that looking back at my work is exactly what > I do. I go out with new gear and shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot until > I know just what it does. Then I go out knowing that it will do what I ask > of it. > > Anyhow, I stand by Behold > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: >> Sonny, did you even think about what I wrote? Because I don't see how > your response in any way addresses what I was talking about. >> >> I spoke, DIRECTLY, to how I (that's ME, MYSELF) relate to metadata and > how I use it and how IT serves ME. >> >> I get that events are, for the most part ephemeral. But it's not like I'm > a thoughtless boob just pushing the shutter release button on the camera. > Most of the time I have time to think and the presence of mind to do so. So > I do have a vision of what I want to accomplish. The camera records how I > chose to capture it. (Or didn't choose because I was in a hurry, > distracted, tired, whatever). >> >> Is it so incredibly inconceivable that I should be able to go back and > look at how the image was made and actually learn of it? REALLY??? Because > I try to do that all the time. Each exposure is an opportunity to learn and > the more information I have to go on the more I have a shot at learning. >> >> It's all a creative process. The next moonrise I'll have an idea of what > happened: gee, the NEX-7 behaves differently from the M8 in similar > circumstances. >> >> Personally I think that's what being a profession is: using all the > information you have at hand to get the best result you can. I may not have > the eye of Ted Grant, or the skill of approach and composition as Doug > Herr, but that doesn't mean I can't work toward those goals in an > intelligent and thoughtful manner. >> >> I work alone. I don't have a support group to sit down with and talk > with. I think I'd find the exposure unbearable. But I do care about my > work, my vision, and my craft. >> >> Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I don't think so - at least not for me. >> >> Adam >> >> On Mar 25, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> But Adam, They could paint three dots on the ground at Yellowstone, >>> and at the appointed hour with an identical camera and identical >>> plates and, well, you get the picture, Actually, I mean, you would not >>> get the picture. Moonrise is a non-repeatable. >>> >>> You might come close, but why would you want to? So you might have >>> gotten a better result shooting wider, or faster or at a different >>> ISO. The conditions are gonna be different next time unless you are >>> in a studio. >>> >>> The whole point of what we do is to see something and show someone >>> else what we see. >>> >>> Look Adam, See what I see! >>> >>> Behold! Look! See! Emblepo! >>> >>> There are lots of variables in Photography, what we do out there is >>> try to get them right. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information