RE: [Leica] Re: BALDERDASH

[Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>]

Absolutely Joe,
No confusion, I agree with you, though I remember when I wouldn't have.
First year in college I took a room in a house where the man was a First
Mate in the Merchant Navy. One time when he was home he told us
'photographers' about the 'great light in Gibraltar'. I hadn't a clue how
that could have been any different to light in England but eventually
travel, experience and looking at pictures made me realise that the quality
of light can vary enormously.
Of course its all just little waves of electrons (or whatever, sorry to the
physicists here) but how it can vary...
Now maybe if I could install a 'Gibraltar light' bulb in my enlarger the
prints would look better?!!!

Jem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joe Stephenson [SMTP:joeleica@email.msn.com]
> 
> Sorry guys,
> I was not clear. Of course the quality of light varies. It can be harsh,
> diffuse, etc. We all look for and pine for "good light." I was trying to
> make a point about the source. Strobes, flashes, suns, etc. all make the
> same kind of light. However, the quality of that light can vary greatly.
> Sorry for the confusion.
> Sincerely,
> Joe Stephenson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
> 
> >We had a photo series of TV programmes here some years ago, one film
> showed
> >Don McCullin on location in Scarborough (an E. coast seaside town)
> looking
> >particularly disgruntled. When asked why, he replied that the sun was
> >shining. This seemed a perfectly delightful scenario at the seaside but
> he
> >then went on to explain that he hated bright light and that he preferred
> >overcast (skies) light for all his pictures.
> >You can't please all of the people...
> >
> >Jem
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: drodgers@nextlink.net [SMTP:drodgers@nextlink.net]
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> You wrote:
> >>
> >> >>It's interesting how the subject of the "best kind" of light comes up
> >> from
> >> time to time. Once again: light is light--at least as far as black and
> >> white
> >> film goes.<<
> >>
> >> Chemist and physicists might agree with that. I'm not sure
> photographers
> >> or
> >> artists would.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> 
>