Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nope. I honestly don't see the point in all the 1/3rds, triangles, etc. Learning how to control exposure? Sure. Learning about depth of field and the difference in lens perspectives? Sure. But compositional "rules" etc? No way. Look, I make no claim to be a great photographer - or teacher. And I really do know my limitations, and they are, as they say, legion. But I think that I am reasonably good. And I have never taken a single course; never read a photo text book - other than to look something up; never studied "the rules." I have spent endless hours soaking up the work of photographers whose eye and soul I admire; I have spent endless hours with the work of photographers whose eyes I think are blind and whose souls are blank. And I have spent endless hours shooting. What the "rules" produce is, by and large, mediocre formalism. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:56 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks to BD and John Szarkowski On Feb 20, 2005, at 8:27 AM, Bob Palmieri wrote: > BD wrote recently - > > But, as I tell my students, God save us from "all the proper > compositional elements and lighting." What those far too often make > for is... mundane crap. :-) Yeah, but teach them how to do it the 'proper way' way first, then let em go wild! feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information