Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harry, Contact: Photo Techniques c/o Preston Publications 6600 W.Touhy Ave. Niles, IL 60714 (847) 647-2900 fax (847) 647-1155 (800) 877-5410 Cheers, David Medley Whidbey Is. WA USA dmedley@whidbey.net - ---------- > From: Harry Mitchell <harry_mitchell@email.msn.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Multiple Exposures w/ M6 & M3 > Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 5:48 PM > > Ted , What is the mailing address of "Photo Techniques" Thanks ..Harry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Medley <dmedley@whidbey.net> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 5:45 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Multiple Exposures w/ M6 & M3 > > > >Ted, > > > >Hey, I like that. All those old, bad shots that I trashed - I should have > >saved and sold as "art". Maybe I got out of the business too soon! > >BTW ............... don't get too far from that Scotch ........... we are > >all going to need it soon. > > > >To keep this on subject (kinda, maybe) and in reverence to the above and > >below, I would urge all readers of this post to find a copy of the latest > >Photo Techniques magazine. (February 1998) Check out David Vestal's column > >"The High Art of Transcendentalizing". I have been a fan of his through a > >number of magazines and he is a Leica shooter of many years. (There, how is > >that for going back on topic)? Vestal has been editing a manuscript written > >by the late Ralph Steiner and this column is but one chapter of what I hope > >will become a published book. > > > >Years ago I took a workshop from Minor White. I went away from that > >experience shaking my head and having absolutely no idea what the man was > >telling me. For years I have thought that I was just too young to > >understand the "master" and that I would grow with time. I never did grow > >to understand Minor but I was vindicated somewhat when I read a quote in > >this column from Paul Caponigro, another accomplished man with a camera and > >a friend of Minor's. "Head for the nebulae, Minor, they can't corner you > >there." Somehow, I think Ralph Steiner would approve of "Artsy-Fartsy". It > >puts it all in the right perspective. > > > > > > > >Cheers, > >David Medley > >Whidbey Is. WA > >USA > >dmedley@whidbey.net > > > >---------- > >> From: ted grant <75501.3002@compuserve.com> > >> To: INTERNET:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Multiple Exposures w/ M6 & M3 > >> Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 12:00 PM > >> > >> <<<I think I understand "artsy" ................ > >> > >> What the hell does "fartsy" look like and is it anything like "Bokeh"? > >> > >> > >> David, > >> > >> Merely a phrase from the weird world of "strange art" generally created > >by > >> using an M camera on lomg exposures and swing the camera back and forth > >> during the exposure! :) > >> > >> ted > > >