Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neil, Thank you for looking & commenting. Your shot of St. Jame's is fantastic! (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/nbeddoe/londonlife/Jermyn+St.jpg.html) I can understand your comments, and agree with them in many ways. However, I make photographs for no one else but myself. I am beholden to no client or editor; just my own ever evolving standards. Do my images need further editing? Of course they do. Could I have done a better job in composition and / or choosing a more interesting subject? Of course I could. My only excuse is that I was 4800 miles from home, visiting someplace I have never been to, and very limited in time at each location. So I had to shoot what I saw and felt at the time. It is my travelogue; a trip to England and all the stuff I saw there. My whole life photographing I have never had a "style" (I drove the gallery reps nuts); I photograph what I think looks good, and present it to the world. I have yet to attain that state of nirvana with a camera where I can get the one, perfect shot that expresses everything about the place I am in, and I cannot quite understand the folks that only photograph in one "style" at the expense of missing so many other shots that comes their way. But that is why the world is so much fun; we are all different. Cheers, Jay On 9/26/2013 5:37 AM, Neil Beddoe wrote: > This however: > http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England-2013/Monochrome/L1001173 > > says peace and quiet and a little austerity and makes me feel like I'm > alone in an empty church. > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Neil Beddoe <nbeddoe at reddeer.gb.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Jay, >> >> I think your pictures are well executed but I'm finding it hard to see >> what you are trying to say or show in each of them. It would be good to >> see that you've thought of a reason for taking the shot or series of shots >> then composed them accordingly. I don't really get what you found >> interesting enough in these scenes to justify your photographing them. >> >> Thanks >> >> Neil >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at >> jayburleson.com>wrote: >> >>> All with Leica Monochrom, APO Summicron-M 1:2/ 50 mm ASPH. >>> >>> Eating, Drinking, Sleeping >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/**gallery/index.php/England-** >>> 2013/Monochrome/L1001226<http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England-2013/Monochrome/L1001226> >>> >>> Looking >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/**gallery/index.php/England-** >>> 2013/Monochrome/L1001207<http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England-2013/Monochrome/L1001207> >>> >>> The Shopkeeper >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/**gallery/index.php/England-** >>> 2013/Monochrome/L1001210<http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England-2013/Monochrome/L1001210> >>> >>> Candy Girl >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/**gallery/index.php/England-** >>> 2013/Monochrome/L1001211<http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England-2013/Monochrome/L1001211> >>> >>> Call Waiting >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/**gallery/index.php/England-** >>> 2013/Monochrome/L1001229<http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/England-2013/Monochrome/L1001229> >>> >>> Please click on an image to view a larger version. >>> >>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome! -- Jay, Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> "A photographer is simply someone who is looking for something that can't be found. The photograph is the record of that attempt."