Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] CNN Photo Essay
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:01:34 -0800
References: <CA+yJO1D=R=zfJTFQQjHCEHmDcAh4awgp3_q3+8spOnLbHOsTNQ@mail.gmail.com> <1DAC028E-857B-4617-9714-36E06113A93F@mac.com> <005001ce0cad$bde43c10$39acb430$@cox.net>

My day job is VP of the largest firearms manufacturer in the West US.  
Calico Light Weapon Systems.  I do use the term going out on a shoot  
carefully.

Re Blog woman.  What the heck was her point? Hyperbole. Horse pucky.   
Maybe as close to 15 min of fame as she can get

Guns cameras pens are tools.  Not objects of veneration.

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:25 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Right.  Kyle's book is excellent because, among other things, you  
> can view
> the images in whatever context you wish, without editorial content.   
> Not to
> mention the photography.  After I received my first copy, I ordered  
> some
> light stands, remote triggers and all that, but obviously I need a  
> class or
> many classes.  The CNN essay seems contrived,  or at least if I saw  
> someone
> shooting a picture of herself on a range I might make a phone call....
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> George
> Lottermoser
> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:11 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] CNN Photo Essay
>
> I wouldn't refer to this as a photo essay.
> It seems to me a mildly interesting news report on mildly  
> interesting art
> project; made mildly more interesting because "guns and gun  
> violence" is
> front and center in the main stream media. Kyle's book is also  
> receiving
> renewed interest with new interviews, etc.
>
>
> a note off the iPad, George
>
> On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:26 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> CNN has had some dumb photo essays but this one takes the cake:
>>
>> http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/15/a-girl-and-her-guns/? 
>> hpt=hp_
>> c2
>>
>> Be sure to read all of the blurb.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> --
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
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Replies: Reply from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] CNN Photo Essay)
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Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] CNN Photo Essay)