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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Communication
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 09:55:28 -0800
References: <CA+yJO1A3eoDj-D+uzEJmvDVgG3monKRpCgSkXYWSmeub9zc6tA@mail.gmail.com>

Tina Manley SHOWED:

"COMMUNICATION."

Hi Tina,
A wonderful capture of the useless waste of time : "THUMB DIDDLING" looking 
machines. IPHONES ETC.

What I have a hard time understanding about all these so called "smart 
phones & so called cameras?? Is? People visit new locations as some of these 
folks are, yet all of them are thumb diddling instead of enjoying life about 
them!

Go to a restaurant and table after table the guests are thumb diddling 
instead of enjoying food, wine and " real life conversation!"

Even though my number one son Ted Jnr. is working on a photo project using 
some type of "Smart phone camera." I'm completely blown away with his images 
and in some cases during early evening hours of minimal light situations. 
Quite honestly, AMAZED!

No you folks haven't seen photo results by this son Ted in action. I'm 
posting a few on another "Photo Post only shortly" that he is as his brother 
Scott shooting sports. (He is doing Sochi Winter Olympics.)"  But Ted also 
has a wonderful photographic accountability!

He down loads to my computer, tweaks a few and I've made some amazing 8.5X11 
prints on "Fine Art Matte paper!" That poo-pooos my whining about these new 
Iphones and cameras. They still come down to..... "The talent handling the 
gear!"

I suppose if I had one I wouldn't be such a whiner about the useless waste 
of time and observing life around me as I see daily by the thousands of 
thousands of people. It still leaves me asking / wondering... "What did we 
do before these gadgets came along?"

The truth for me? I believe we were more engaged in real life conversation. 
We observed and enjoyed our surroundings far more . Yes even though we may 
have had a Leica on our shoulder?

Or maybe I should just go back to bed and take this holiday weekend off?? 
;-)

cheers,
ted

PS: Watch for the IPHONE photos shortly.


> On a square in Florence:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154423250
>
> Who's having more fun?!
>
> C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina



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