Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 16:45 Subject: [Leica] The work of other photographers > This was the line that generated my response, as I know > so few photographers who share this sentiment. Perhaps, but I'm not optimistic in my own case. While looking at other photos certainly gives me ideas and information about composition and the like, it's a big step to go from seeing something and liking it to reproducing that same something in a photo oneself (short of trying to blatantly and shamelessly copy exactly the same shot, of course). Most of the time, when I look at the work of good photographers, it just reminds me of how rotten my own work is. I need to get one of those Leica Promakesit lenses--you know, the one that turns you from a talent-free amateur into an award-winning professional as soon as you mount it on the camera? Nobody seems to have them in stock. -- Anthony