Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:23 AM 4/6/99 +0200, you wrote: >Each lens has itīs >personality, itīs strong and itīs weak sides. And with a certain lens >your picture will have a certain "speach". All the rest is the >interpretation of the photographer. At the end it is you who desides who >to take a pic and which tool to use. While this is true, after seeing the work of many, many amateurs, and not a few pros, actually, what Capa says is good advice. Many people just don't get close enough to their subjects. They also don't use near-far relationships well, they put things in the middle of the frame too much. The list goes on. It's not terribly hard to understand. They just don't have the experience, or talent, or something, that makes their pictures look like, well, the best out there. That's OK. But if they don't listen to the advice of people who do know - among them is Capa - then their work won't improve. A very few with great natural talent don't have to. But most do. This is not an easy art/craft. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Learn from your parents' mistakes - use birth control!