Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your teachers did not know what they were talking about. 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 Apr 22, 2012, at 11:07 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > "As of 2011, about 5.5 billion out of the approximate 6.92 billion people > on > Earth do not speak English as either a first language or a second language. > "So to those people this image is meaningless. > Which is why my high school photography teacher did not accept those kinds > of pictures; refereeing to them as "bumper stickers". Nor did my college > photography teachers. > A picture is worth thousand words but if its a "picture" of three words > its worth three words. And only to those people who read that language. > > I'd call this picture an extremely poorly executed text orientated sight > gag > which basically thumbs its nose at anybody who gives a rats ass about > photography. > > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > >> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:46:04 +0000 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: No American >> >> That may be the technical side, but what about composition and vision? >> >> john >> >> >> It looks like a machine print from a neg which was underexposed three >> stops. >> >>> >>> Really nice image Jim. I have fond memories of the Minolta Autocord as >>> it is >>> what I cut my teeth on as a trainee wedding photographer back in the >>> early >>> 70's. I remember the studio had a cut out fitted to the viewfinder to >>> indicate >>> the crop for an upright and a view print by blocking off the corners of >>> the >>> frame. Three rolls of 120, and trouble if you broke into the fourth! A >>> slight >>> difference from todays digital shoots. >>> >>> On 22 Apr 2012, at 04:56, Jim Shulman wrote: >>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/no+american+sm.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Minolta Autocord, Tmax 100 >>>> >>>> Jim Shulman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >