Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW, PAD etc. > Shan jotted down the following: > > > I won't swear as to who it was, but I remember reading that (Stieglitz or > > HCB or ...) had a personal goal and routine of shooting a roll of twelve > > every day for exercise no matter what ! That's one way to get your "eyes" > > in shape. > > I've recently hit on the idea that photography is a lot like music: taking > pictures is a lot like playing an instrument. Unless you practice at it > constantly, you forget important nuances, you loose the 'flow'. > > I firmly believe that the major difference between a good photographer and a > mediocre photographer is the difference between five rolls per week and five > weeks per roll. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | Our ability to communicate far outways > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | our willingness to think critically > email: howard.390@osu.edu | about what is being said. > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------- > Please have the Visiting Scholar check out the "far outways" and let us know what it means. R.