Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Thoughts
From: Mark Newport <newport_m@utpb.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:06:17 -0600

While we are on the subject of B&W, anybody ever really get in the mood for
monochrome images and turn the color off the TV set.  I have.  My wife
thinks I am nuts, but some lousy programs become very interesting when they
are B&W. I got the idea by watching some monochrome music videos. They
seemed so powerful and meaningful and then I realized it was the fact that
they in a form that I was really tuned in to. The music was ok but it was
the highly stylized flow of B&W images that got my blood pumping.  Hence, I
am also addicted to old movies and 50's-60's reruns on TV Land. So try it
this weekend. I'll bet you will start applying the rule of thirds to
"Seinfeld" or tweeking the contrast on "60 Minutes".


Have a great weekend everybody.


Mark (currently manic) Newport

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R. Mark Newport
Publications and Special Projects
University of Texas - Permian Basin