Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not a pro and I am not trying to make a name for myself, at least not at this point. I am just using it as a scratch drive. This is not a business to me. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > When I finished college like I said yesterday I moved to Portland Oregon > and > started out showing my portfolio to art directors. I hitch hiked. > The first guy first day told me I had no future in photography. > The second group of guys the next day gave me advice for the entire > afternoon. A main guy at that design group was giving me advice as I was > telling him they didn't tell us anything about art business maybe I should > take a course in it or something. And I was going to put "rainbow > productions" or some dumb ass thing on my business card. > He said its all about your name. starts and ends with YOUR NAME. > Did Richard Avedon or Irving Penn call themselves "rainbow productions" or > some dumb ass thing? I think they called themselves Richard Avedon or > Irving > Penn. As did any other photographer you ever heard of. > Araakii is the name of another photographer. > Ar?k? (??????) > I'd pick another name. like your own. And stand behind it. > What's the point of an anonymous photo gallery or poetry gallery or > anonymous anything? You may as well be whistling in the wind. > > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > From: Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:16:21 -0700 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8? > > > > As Richard mentioned, Araakii is a loose resemblance to my favorite > > photographer, Araki Nobuyoshi. > > > > Flickr is a completely public platform. Most people I know do not use > their > > real names. Obviously I have nothing to hide but I have friends who keep > > getting spams through flickr. > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> What does Araakii mean and why would you not want people to know you > took > >> those pictures? > >> > >> - - from my iRabs. > >> Mark Rabiner > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > >> > >> > >>> From: Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:39:20 -0700 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8? > >>> > >>> <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Great to see your stuff Kay! > >>>> Araakii's your other name?!?! > >>>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >