Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha ha. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Of course, this reminds me of the famous black cat thread, in which I > battled many of the LUG who tried to convince me that it was impossible for > me to meter and photograph my cat with my M6 successfully. ;-) > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > > > On Feb 22, 2015, at 6:14 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In the sixties, when I was covering the marches, I wished my Spectra > incident meter would have had a brown hemisphere instead of white. > > > > from my iPad > > > > Sonny Carter > > > >> On Feb 22, 2015, at 4:30 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> > >> I did notice it was the lead story in the business section, as opposed > to art and leisure. And then if you go to the photography section in the > magazine ("A True Picture of Black Skin"), you will learn that "cameras and > the mechanical tools of photography have rarely made it easy to photograph > black skin". But, one can work around these unfriendly tools, such as > adjusting a light meter for black skin. Another revelation was that film > emulsions were calibrated for white skin, and thus don't work will with > black, brown or red skin. > >> > >> Ken > >> > >>> On 2/21/2015 9:22 PM, Matt Kollasch wrote: > >>> Peter Lik > >>> is, as my father used to say, "laughing all the way to the bank." In > my > >>> mind if you are IN Caesars Palace you ARE the joke. But what do I > know, I > >>> am no Peter Lik, a man rich in confidence. Never heard of him till this > >>> article, though. > >>> > >>> > >>> > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/business/peter-liks-recipe-for-success-sell-prints-print-money.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news# > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits