Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent point, Nathan. I would only add that people are nothing but a compositional element in the vast majority of photographs by HCB - and I'm not making that up; he said it. ;-) On 6/25/05 2:13 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > Rob, > > If you cannot travel, and you do not like street photography, then I > guess it's back to the cows and barns...but with infrared film! Summer > is upon us, so I am sure you will have lots of good IR weather--the nice > thing about IR is that the kind of weather that is lousy for normal > photography--bright sunshine--is just the ticket for infrared. > > Also, I would suggest that you reconsider your aversion to people. > Street photography does not have to be of the "in-your-face" variety > like B.D.'s pictures from the commuter trains or Johnny Deadman's Oxford > Street pictures of a few years ago. Not everyone can do that, it takes a > special talent and psyche. But if you look at my Lisbon pictures, for > example: > http://www.leica-gallery.net/wajsman/folder-3375.html > then you will notice that while many of them have people in it, the > people are often at a distance and really just serve as an additional > design element in an urban landscape. I for one would like to see what > Upper Sandusky, OH, looks like. > > Good luck! > > Nathan > > Rob McClure wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I've run into a dry spell where I'm just about out of photo ideas. I't >> seems like I've photographed every barn, cow, bird, bridge, landscape, >> sunrise and sunset within a 30 mile radius of my home base here in >> central Ohio (about 3000 images). I've also run dry at our vacation >> home on Lake Erie (about 1000 images). In recent correspondence with my >> brother in Maryland, he is also in the same photo slump. I don't really >> like shooting people, other than family snaps, so street photography >> holds no appeal. Travel does refresh me, but opportunities to do so >> are currently limited. >> >> Any ideas how to break this slump? >> >> Rob McClure >> Upper Sandusky, OH >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>