Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Long time Luggers know that we have to come here about once a year! It's becoming a lug tradition. I like all of the sheet! ;-) Though I prefer B&W film as the medium for my personal expressions/impressions, I thoroughly enjoy viewing/studying the great colorists. Show me a B&W photog who can't appreciate Haas, Mccurry, etc. and I'll probably show you a narrow mind. Show me a colorist who can't appreciate the the importance of the long rich history and intrinsic abstract nature/effectiveness of the B&W photograph and I'll show you..... Montie Montie >Maybe, just maybe: > >We regard black & white as better because it was the medium of FSA, HCB, et >al. > >The pictures are better because the FSA greats and HCB had a better eye, >not because they used black & white > >just a thought > >ric > > >On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> Me too, Ric, and I shoot color for all the reasons BD shoots Black and >> White. When I started, color was expensive and hard to do. I had to save >> up to get Kodachrome film for my vacations. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 7:33 AM, RicCarter wrote: >> >>> Love BD, but I'm in Jay's camp. >>> >>> ric >>> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information