Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 04 January 2001, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Douglas Cooper wrote: > > > > > 1. Images must not move. > > > 6. Nothing beautiful, except by accident. > > > 2.2 A person must inhabit every shot. > > > 4. Input analogue, output digital. > > > 5. No staged action > > > > > > 5. Images must not titillate, except by accident. > > > 9. Eschew autofocus. > > > 7. Natural or found light. > > > 8. Slow-speed or negative film, color. > > > > > > 10. Let there be a hand-held meter, or no meter at all. > > > > > > > Great graphics on that site! > But on a conceptional level if that happens to be where ones head is at… > it ain't where mine is at. > I react against lists like this perhaps. > I always say "why not" > if i did a film i might do them like Jarmush did with never a moving camera. > Solid shots with no zooms. > > I love gorgeous shots of gorgeous people, specifically women. Yep I'm a sucker > for that stuff. > I love shots of tide pools. > Love to take walks in the rain... > love darkroom prints AND inkjets. > I think I disagree with every damn thing on this list. I've checked it twice! > what a coincidence!! > meter's in cameras are no good? what bullshit!!!! > > > mark :) rabiner I can go along with these: > 4. Input analogue, output digital. > 5. No staged action > 9. Eschew autofocus. > 7. Natural or found light. as for the rest ... to each his/her own way Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/