Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/03

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Subject: [Leica] Image criteria - a Luddite view NOW- "THE VIEW!"
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:41:19 -0600
References: <AANLkTi=jTDTcx=JhLRE3_zCqQCxDkwBZZa80K8Zn2QVw@mail.gmail.com> <D2AE48FD-8EAD-44AB-B0CB-2C8AA12E0D3A@mac.com> <BF0D16CC665444219F822A564EFF2EB7@syneticfeba505> <9EA23E9F-AE12-47C1-91E2-BC2FAA16E842@mac.com> <7D48F1FA-2BC4-48CB-A9E5-7A850231469F@embarqmail.com>

same could be said for subjects:
some subjects catch my eye
after snapping
I think about why.

As Ted and others have said or implied,
see - snap.

Yet behind that simplicity
we'll find decades and generations
of looking, studying, reading, experiencing,
trial and error, success and failure,
experimentation, discovery, repetition,
developing techniques, teaching the body
how to stand, hold the damn thing steady,
find the eyes, focus, squeeze the "trigger,"
over and over and over again;
until all that we have left is - "see - snap."

And for others of us - there's that - plus:
scout locations, build sets or blinds,
plan lighting approaches or study sun positions,
hire talent and assistants, learn habitat,
research and gain access to difficult locations,
learn the intricacies of specific sports,
brain storm with art directors, editors and/or journalists,
learn how to elicit emotions from a subject in a minute or five,
and on and on - as the assignment or concept requires.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Jan 3, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> some photos catch my eye
> 
> afterward, I guess why
> 
> that applies to mine and others



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Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Image criteria - a Luddite view NOW- "THE VIEW!")
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