Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A pleasure to hear that. And looking forward to see more of the itinerary. Op 20-apr-06, om 21:12 heeft Richard het volgende geschreven: > Hi Philippe, thanks for the kind words. I have not posted much in > the last couple months of course (due to incredible work stress) > but a couple people said similar things regarding what I was > posting before then. I think if there are any improvements that I > show, it is because: > > - I hope I am generally getting better as a photographer in terms > of techniques, and that my eyes are getting more critical... > - better film development technique, I am getting much cleaner negs > now so very little dust or scratches > - Presentation. I think this is a biggie. There are several > factors, I think: > === First of all, I stopped doing PAW for 4/5 months now. Not > because I am not taking pictures every week, but because it has > lost its value and had become a liability for me. That is, when I > have an off week, I was still posting pictures and that weakens > that overall impact what I post. > === When I first joined, I was warned by several people that the > LUG is a tough crowd. After staying a while, I noted that while > that seems to be true, certain people were posting a lot of > pictures, and they were not worse for wear, so I started too. I am > sort of contrairy that way. Also, I always felt that I am just > passing snapshots around, you know, like people may do in a > restaurant or saloon when they are with friends. This took me a > loooooooooooooooooooonnng time to fully understand, but while the > LUG is like a saloon, and certainly have many gentle folks, most > LUGgers are very critical when it comes to photographs, and LUGgers > generally don't like to see (bad) snapshots. And that the people > who post prolifically such as Gee Bee, post masterful pictures. > Even as dimwitted as I am, eventually I got the idea... > - Finally, it really is inspiring to see some of the photos shown > here. > > At 10:02 AM 4/20/2006, Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> Hi Richard, >> I noticed a (big) leap forward in your photography these last weeks. >> Great. How come? >> As with Luis, it's nice to see the photographer photographed, too. >> Thanks for showing these, >> Philippe > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >