Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 16, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> 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. It's encouraging to hear that Mark...we do hear a lot about agony though... but it's just part of the job, I think digital seems to be creating more agony... less editing to get to first base, many more photos, leaves much more editing to round the bases, Steve > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information