Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: For love of the black and white photography of Edward Weston, Minor White and W. Eugene Smith
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:01:08 -0500
References: <6871B9CA-7D69-41FC-95D6-2BF975672ED0@icloud.com> <5411174A.30606@jayburleson.com>

On Sep 10, 2014, at 10:30 PM, Jay Burleson wrote:

> George, the reasons you articulate in your last paragraph are exactly why 
> I jump on the Monochrom as my first "real" digital camera (only had a 
> $100.00 p & s prior).
> 
> Knowing that the output is b & w only, just like in the film days, gets 
> one much more in tune with the quality of light and shape that makes a 
> good b & w image.
> 
> Although when I just take the MM out, I am sometimes accused of the "if 
> all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" syndrome, I feel 
> that it's better to catch an image in b & w that maybe should have been in 
> color than not catch it at all.
> 
> Welcome back to the b & w world; any questions you have about the MM feel 
> free to ask!
> 
> Jay
> 
> 
> On 9/10/2014 8:44 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>> c & c always welcome and appreciated
>> 
>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=9177>

precisely so.

as I mentioned in response to Tina

I feel a bit shocked,
and pleased,
at how quickly I returned to mono-mode seeing

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist



In reply to: Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMGs: For love of the black and white photography of Edward Weston, Minor White and W. Eugene Smith)
Message from leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson) ([Leica] IMGs: For love of the black and white photography of Edward Weston, Minor White and W. Eugene Smith)