Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So I'll ignore the pleasant lecture, Philippe, and respond to the comment about the Supermarket Muzak. Actually, I agree with you - sort of. I actually like the music - Going Home, Mark Knopfler's theme from the movie local hero - but to each their own. I can generally do without sound, but bridal couples seem to like it - and it's up there for them and their friends, not for me. Actually, I will respond to the first part - the lecture. I did not say that anyone's crap - what I did say is that someone the subjects, and responses to them, are always the same. If you don't believe me, try turning off your LUG mail for a few weeks, or better yet, a month, then turn it back on and look at the first 10, 20, 100 posts to come through. It is really eye opening. On 6/10/07 11:53 AM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > Now th?t's a Groundhog Day feeling for me. > This is a so very typical and reoccuring situation, every time again: > > A somewhat blunt B.D. statement suggesting that we're all crap and > that can only lead to one reaction: and how are you doing, dude? > Followed by a number of fine photographs to prove that you are doing > very well. Sometimes accompanied with an Oly endorsement. > Mostly it's preceded by an (easily decryptable and predictable) > enigmatic phrase that has to prove that you are a man of the world > but that also suggests/insinuates the contrary of those that react to > it. > It's your typical recipe, B.D. A teaching trick. Very Jesuit, too. > But we're not your pupils, are we? > We know you're a good photographer. We know you make good > photographs. We appreciate them every time again. Sometimes we learn > something from them. That's all good. > But please leave this self-assuring foreplays out. You don't need > that. And neither do we: we're all grown ups here. > > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > BTW: Although I liked the slide show I didn't like the music at all: > so very clich? and pass?. A warp back in time into the era of > supermarket muzak. Surely you can do better than that? > > > Op 10-jun-07, om 16:34 heeft B. D. Colen het volgende geschreven: > >> To answer a number of questions about what's with me and what have >> I been up >> to - >> - My health is fine, thanks; >> - I'm very busy in my day job - some of you may have noticed a >> flood of >> recent stories about some exciting stem cell research ;-) >> - I've been busy shooting - >> >> Among other recent jobs: >> >> Here's a slide show with sound of two days of wedding prep and >> wedding at >> the Baltimore zoo - >> >> www.bdcolenphoto.com/aliceandtriften >> >> Here's a pdf of a complete book shot at the Broad Institute of the >> celebration of Eric Lander's - he of the human genome project - 50th >> birthday and the 20th anniversary of his lab - >> >> www.bdcolenphoto.com/eric@50.pdf >> >> And here's book 2 of a 2 book shoot I did of a weekend celebration >> of the >> life of the deceased wife of a Detroit auto exec. The first volume >> was the >> gathering of family and friends the day before; this volume >> captures the >> event itself, held at Symphony Hall in Detroit. >> >> www.bdcolenphoto.com/millerbook2.pdf >> >> Other than that I just finished teaching my documentary photo class >> at MIT, >> and next month will be teaching my Maine Photographic Workshop >> class. Next >> spring I'll be teaching my doc photo class at both MIT and the Harvard >> Extension School. >> >> So that's what I've been up to. Oh, right, and I am still shooting >> with the >> Olympus E1, E330, and occasionally the E500. And to echo the >> comments of >> several of you, the 7-14 f4 is a terrific lens; it's virtually >> welded to my >> e330 body - the combination of the super wide angle and the flip >> out - and >> therefore waist-level - viewing screen is terrific. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information