Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Wedding photography with M6 and Noct.
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:02:45 -0500

At 04:30 PM 2/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
 but I grind my teeth
>	when I read of conservative Leica owners holding on
>	to black and white when such beautiful
>	photos can be had with available light
>	color prints, done by a well chosen lab,
>	especially with Leica optics.
>	Non-photo trip people always seem sorry
>	their faces are black and white...
>	in such context. The only way I'd use B&W
>	would be in newsprint advertising,
>	as a digital "reduction".
>
>	Andre Jean Quintal
>

Andre -

To quote a famous Leica photographer (Ted Grant):  "If you want to
photograph their clothes, use color.  If you want to photograph their
souls, use black and white."

Leically,

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP

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