Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/14
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Nathan,
Good points all. I am staying with my project of a year of photos of my
daughter at play. What I get from the LUG and the PAW group is new ways of seeing
the same situations I encounter every day. I've learned a great deal from looking
at Lea Murphy's photos of her daughter, and Eric Merrill's pictures of his
daughter, and from lots of other LUG shots. After seeing B.D.'s shots of a family
reunion, I had all sorts of ideas that I wish had before taking shots of my own
family reunion
I look forward to seeing how you approach your family reunion. You do such
lovely shots that I know I'll have another learning opportunity.
Thanks for the thoughts. I always find feedback from the LUG valuable.
Best,
Michael
Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I agree with the other Michael--just shoot and show what you feel like shooting
> and showing. This is YOUR project, and at the end of the day the person you have
> to please is yourself and your family. I like some of your pictures more than
> others, of course, but if you force yourself to shoot something that does not
> really interest you just to earn LUG accolades, you will not produce good work.
>
> And family is important...I am about to post a link to some shots I took this
> summer in Israel--virtually all of them are family pictures because that was the
> focus of my visit there (a wedding in the family) and because my family is also
> scattered around the world and we only get together on rare occasions.
>
> Nathan
>
> Michael Gerard wrote:
>
> > Michael,
> > Good words of advice. As you suggest, I do take other pictures, I just
> > haven't posted them as my free web hosting is rather limited in size, and this
> > page doubles as my site for sharing photos with family who are scattered
> > across the world.
> > I am trying to avoid the cliched "posing in front of the Grand
> > Canyon/Washington Monument/World's Largest Ball of Twine pictures." I'm
> > trying to rethink where I shoot from, what kind of light I look for, etc.
> > Looking at the fine pictures posted on the LUG and in the PAW group really
> > helps expand my sense of what photography can be.
> > Thank you for the helpful comments. I will keep at it.
> > Regards,
> > Michael
>
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