Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice, Ted. I hope some of your "war stories" will make it into the book! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:06 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Good day Crew, > > As many of you know I am headlong into writng a new book... it will have > a number of photos also. So once in a while I'm going to run a story or > anecdote by you for your thouhts. Your choice of comments will be > appeciated, GGOD BAD OR UGLY! These will be a first draft if you like. And > very a skilled editor will editor will re-writes where required. But this > is written as I though I am telling stories while we sit arond shooting > the breeze and relaxing with a drink of ones choice... Or none.talk about > life with a Leica neessary. > > > > #1 The Leica camera > > > > <<<<Once I started shooting with Leica's I felt obliged to make better > > pictures. I did and have never looked back.>>>>>> > > > > This is so true! Only the experience of finding it out for ones self > > will make you believe it happens. > > > > When I got my first Leica it was as though a transformation began both in > > how I looked at subjects and how I reacted mentally towards picture > > possibilities. > > > > It was as though I were given an incredible picture making tool, therefore > > "I MUST TAKE BETTER PICTURES!" And I did! It was the mystique I related > > to Henri Cartier Bresson, Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt and other greats > > of Leica photography that became a driving force for me to improve. > > > > I felt, "if they can do that why can't I?" It was quite an incredible > > feeling and there isn't any question my photography improved, I became more > > confident and the over all appearance of my photos took on a different > look. > > I became far more aware of the value of using existing light and why it > > made pictures look so much different from the "flash look!" > > > > <<<<I do not believe that owning an expensive camera will make you a good > > photographer.>>>> That is out and out common sense! But the mystique of > using is something else? > > > > In a mechanical sense, true. However, I feel there is a motivational > > factor that can be attributed to the "Leica mystique" that drives one to > > become better. Or it certainly should, if you love photography with great > > passion. I imagine others wouldn't improve simply because they might not > > relate to the art of picture taking with the same emotions. > > > > Whatever happened in my picture taking "style" was in direct response from > > the moment I started using a Leica. Of course the camera itself didn't > > take better pictures, it made me think and motivate my passion for taking > > pictures. And that is directly attributed to the Leica camera. > > > > There isn't a person in the world that can make me change my mind. > Certainly from any equipment point experience as I've used Nikons, Canons, > Hasselblads, Speed Graphics, C3-Mamiaflex twin reflex, Rollieflex... In > most cases three bodies at a time where interchangeable lenses were > available. > > > > My proven career and the quality of my work has been directly driven > through my use of the Leica and whatever it released within me as a > photojournalist. > > > > So it is my tool of my profession thes 61 years of mygreat pasonat love > affair with the magic of pphotography > > > > 30 > > > > COMMENTS IF YOU PLEASE? THANK YOU. > > > > DR.TED > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >