Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of the above. What is Light Table? Goggle doesn't know. Tina On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:37 PM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > Problem with this: > > Help editing to what criteria? > 1) Marketability? > 2) Photojournalistic power? > 3) Pictorialness? > 4) Personal taste? > 5) Aesthetic power > 6) So-called Decisive Moments? > 7) Developing a "Consistent Body of Work?" > 8) Making a mark within the "History of Photography?" > 9) Developing a unique personal statement about Cuba? > 10) A feature article? > > And no matter what criteria you may be attempting to edit towards > The only way I could imagine "helping" you would be if I had access to > Light Table. > > Looking at one or two raw, unfinished samples at a time doesn't make for > any sort of sane editing decisions; even if I knew what the editorial > criteria and goals were; which I don't. > > Which is pretty much why I haven't been commenting on your Cuba photos. > You're showing a very loosely edited collection of unfinished travel > photographs. > I simply enjoy them on that level; a simple sharing of your trip. > > a note off the iPad, George > > On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:02 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I should make it clear that this is MY problem, not the problem of anyone > > who is trying to help. It is my trap that I have made for myself. I > need > > to learn to filter out what I can use and what is irrelevant to my > > editing. I take every comment entirely too seriously which is a problem > I > > have had all of my life and has nothing to do with fiddling with exposure > > settings or anything else. I just need help editing content. I would > love > > to hire a full-time editor. I can't. I appreciate any comments I can get > > on content. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html