Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/09

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Subject: [Leica] FF sidewalk flower pot f 1/125 s at f/8.0 and be there
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:14:42 +0530
References: <2EE4A6FC-3619-40C4-B32B-1546C07E8EF7@gmail.com> <CDDADE46.B309%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Gosh, you are loquacious with nothing much to say! (-:

Cheers
Jayanand



On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> Actually the photography media photographers do are not looked down upon by
> anybody in the photo industry the line between gallery shooters and media
> shooters has long vanished (read Magnum ((read Leica)) )
> A glance a the PICTURES OF THE DAY  or  PICTURES OF THE WEEK from ones news
> feed will most often be very inspiring with many examples of shots which
> knock ones socks off and leave one feeling very inadequate in the face of
> it.  These guys are on the front lines shooting every day they're not home
> watching television.
> On the camera lists when the collectors don't like it when top
> photographers
> camera techniques conflict with their own they put down the top
> photographers entire work group/ethic/lifestyle. Its not a viable
> profession
> and we are all a bunch of schlock artists who don't care about our work
> that's why we use:
> auto focas
> High iso' s.
> DSLR'S
> Don't always shoot wide open but actually stop down whenever we can
> Use Auto modes
> I want a new puppy.
>
> The arrogance of this is pretty overwhelming and is really without any
> precedent I can think of in other discussion groups.
>
> "Ignore those top pro photographers all think about is money! They don't
> care about their pictures!" its pretty comical.
>
>
>


Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] FF sidewalk flower pot f 1/125 s at f/8.0 and be there)
In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] FF sidewalk flower pot f 1/125 s at f/8.0 and be there)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] FF sidewalk flower pot f 1/125 s at f/8.0 and be there)