Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]/*MARC, You are correct. It takes far more effort for an illiterate person to compose a book than to press a shutter release :-) Jerry */ Marc James Small wrote: > At 12:33 PM 5/12/2008, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > >Mark, > > > >I don't think it takes you a year to write one word, which is > >equivalent to taking one photo. A whole work of photography for a > >project is also quite time consuming. So your argument as to the > >effort expended is totally bogus. I'm sure it took far longer for > >Steve, Ted, Tina and others to complete photo projects and then edit > >the work, and then put together a book and get it published. Your > >1/10 second argument is totally off base. > > Attention to detail matters, Gene: note the spelling of my name. An > affectation it may be, but it is still my own preference. > > I possibly overspoke. I have done more than a few professional shoots > and these really have been a lot simpler to do than has been the > writing of a book. But, then, our experiences are our own and are > unique. So, no, my remark was not "off base" at all, but it might not > be as universal as I suggested. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > >