Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: I'm not disagreeing with you, but adding to the conversations.Consider writers. The might TAKE a history or DO an interview, but they WRITE a story, because they are writers. We photograph things, we are photographers. The rest is just chatter, and who cares. Think how odd it would sound to say we photographed a picture. People react to our images, what they see. The words we use to discribe the process won't make a weak photograph strong and can't hurt a great photograph. Wouldn't we rather debate the merits of Matrix metering? <G> Tom At 06:04 PM 4/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >At 05:21 PM 4/5/98 -0400, you wrote: >>shutter". Now we're getting closer. How about "firing the shutter"? >>We're back to shooting. > >Some people say "I make pictures, not take pictures." While the point is >well taken, I think it's not necessarily more true. We take light from a >subject, and make it our own. Kind of legal stealing (unless the subject is >copyrighted). > >Susan Sontag in her despicable book, "On Photography" criticized >photographers who use the word shoot and talk about how us macho males are >out of touch. I think she makes too much fuss out of an insignificant >point. But what else should I expect from her? > >Maybe I'm wrong on this, but we photojournalists often talk about being >shooters, or calling each other shooters. It's slang, and that's all it is. >On the other hand, as a journalist, I should respect the usage of language, >and not contribute to it getting any more sloppy and nebulous in meaning >that it already is. Dang. >========== > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >I exist as I am - that is enough. > >- Walt Whitman > >