Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I am trying to fathom what editing, after the photo is taken, does for > us... > I have this bizarre notion that, at its core, photography is editing. > That's > why I always wonder when I hear a great photographer say "I'm a lousy > editor". > Maybe we don't think about it this way, I have this funny feeling that > when we > take photos successfully, a priori, the very nature of what we do is > editing... > we alone take certain photos, not others...it's that first edit that > largely > determines success. That first edit, solely ours, is right at the heart.... > If we are up to that task, enjoy it, and accept the responsibility, then > why > do we so agonize over the later job, and trust it to others ? > > Steve Nobodies agonizing Steve. We're just being photographers. Editing ones body of work is an ongoing process. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner