Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny's comments are right on target. I've fallen behind a few weeks due to rain and work, but need to catch up. After 26 weeks, go back and look at your first efforts...the change should be remarkable. Jeffery Smith At 10:21 AM 9/27/02 -0500, you wrote: >Jeffery, Welcome > >The questions you ask can only be answered by you. > >I can tell you that when I first heard of the PAW concept, it made >sense for me in that I had these nice cameras that were being used >largely for snapshooting; it was hard to justify even keeping them for >what little use I was getting from them, So I plunged into a Picture a >week project. > >Here's what I do: I take a camera with me nearly everywhere I go. At >first, people will ask about it; you wife, your friends, people at >church. Then an amazing thing happens. You are shooting and you >become invisible to them. Really. They lose their self-conscious >attitudes, because they are so accustomed to seeing you with a camera, >and you are so comfortable with it, you are invisible! > >There are no rules to a PAW. You do it for yourself. Some people will >critique your stuff, and many of those will be valid; sometimes their >opinions stink worse than your pictures. Soon, however, an AMAZING >thing happens! You become a better photographer. You shoot week >after week, you post week after week. You get to know your camera like >it is a part of you, and suddenly, you are doing some good work, and >guess what? You have a track record that you can go back and look at! > >I must warn you, it is hard. Lots of people drop out. There are some >who've been at it for years, and they don't even post to the list >anymore, but you can go to the several lists of PAW and look through >them and see some fine documentation of people's lives. > >If you are serious, and get a few shots posted, ask me and I will put >your name on my PAW list. > >http://www.sonc.com/pawlist.htm > >Jeffery Smith maintains a directory too at: > >http://www.jeffery-nola.com/links.html > >And Jason Vicinanza at: >http://www.futurafish.com/paw > >There may be more. > >Kyle Cassidy, the acknowledged founder of the PAW movement offers a >template and advice here: > >http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leicaslacker/paw/ > >He says: > >Rules: >There aren't really any rules but I will offer up some guidelines. >1 photo a week posted on Mondays (or thereabouts) gives you the >weekend to print and scan. > >Each photo taken during the previous week (it's pointless to showcase >your old photos in this format). > >Post to the Lists when your page is updated. Hopefully this will shame >the rest of them into taking photos instead of bickering about a) >Billington bags, b) rangefinder flare, c) lens hoods d) "is there >really a mint +", e) "could salago beat capra in a fair fight?" f) >vintage straps, etc. > >Okay now. Get going. > > >That's it from here. Good Luck, and I hope you do the PAW, it has >been a great experience for me. > >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > At 06:59 AM 9/27/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >Hello all, > > > > > >I'm a new LUG member, new to Leica M and remembering how to expose >film > > >correctly. I think the PAW is a great idea, and I'm setting mine >up. > > > > > >How many frames or rolls, in a good week, do folks expose with the >PAW in > > >mind? Also, should I post the best of the lot, even if the week's >exposures > > >stink terribly, strictly for the sake of keeping the PAW current? > > > > > >I appreciate anyone's feedback. Many TIA, > > > > > >Jeffrey > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html