Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good point! Work has definitely been part of it, but I'll also be taking a break from the LUG shortly, simply because it occupies too much of my time, and right now, I really feel the urge to get out and achieve some photographic greatness rather than worry whether my M6 is quite as "buttery smooth" as my M4 was :-) I've had a few images in particular nagging at me, and so far, they've never come out as I had hoped. But I've completed repairs on my 4x5 view camera, and it's about time to load up the film holders, head out into the woods, and find that combination of composition and processing techniques which really brings the scene back alive. Time passes too quickly when you're immersed in stuff that *seems* important; time to blow some of it off and get back to creating art, gazing at distant worlds in the nighttime sky or flying a kite! Jeff Mark E Davison wrote: > > Unfortunately, our harried modern lifestyles, filled with work, often leave > us with money to buy fine instruments, but not the time to master them. We > end up with the instruments, but not enough time to develop our talents. > This is a paradox of modern capitalism which is worth pondering. I wonder > how many fine cameras are bought with the intention to make fine images, but > end up filling up closet shelves. Or how many fine pianos grace rooms as > beautiful furniture, but sit silent.