Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gosh, you are loquacious with nothing much to say! (-: Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > Actually the photography media photographers do are not looked down upon by > anybody in the photo industry the line between gallery shooters and media > shooters has long vanished (read Magnum ((read Leica)) ) > A glance a the PICTURES OF THE DAY or PICTURES OF THE WEEK from ones news > feed will most often be very inspiring with many examples of shots which > knock ones socks off and leave one feeling very inadequate in the face of > it. These guys are on the front lines shooting every day they're not home > watching television. > On the camera lists when the collectors don't like it when top > photographers > camera techniques conflict with their own they put down the top > photographers entire work group/ethic/lifestyle. Its not a viable > profession > and we are all a bunch of schlock artists who don't care about our work > that's why we use: > auto focas > High iso' s. > DSLR'S > Don't always shoot wide open but actually stop down whenever we can > Use Auto modes > I want a new puppy. > > The arrogance of this is pretty overwhelming and is really without any > precedent I can think of in other discussion groups. > > "Ignore those top pro photographers all think about is money! They don't > care about their pictures!" its pretty comical. > > >