Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The sad thing is Tina that I agree with you 100%, and I number you amongst the finest. I just think the group as a whole has lost its way. Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 0797 287 7932 > On 29 Aug 2018, at 14:11, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I continue to use only Leica equipment to capture the world in a > documentary way, I hope. To me, this group is my family and I don't care > what equipment you use!! > > I am one of the few women here so I guess I should feel like an outsider, > but I don't. > > I don't always comment on the photos but I always look at them and > appreciate the sharing. The LUG is more about people than equipment and I > haven't found a photography group with better people ;-) > > Leically, > > Tina > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Douglas >> >> Of course we all know that virtually anything can be photographed using >> the excellent Leica equipment that is around. However I personally think >> that this group should be for the users of Leica equipment. Know I fully >> accept that when I offered to leave the group in 2012 because I had >> switched to Fuji equipment I was invited to stay because my work was such >> that could be done on a Leica, and I was grateful of the opportunity to do >> so. However if I were coming new to the group as a Leica user and saw that >> a large majority of the discussion and work was on equipment that was not >> Leica, even to the extent that Hasselblad digital has been discussed here, >> I would question whether it was a ?Leica Users Group? or just a run of the >> mill photographic group. >> >> To answer your question, the ethos of Leica photography is using Leica >> equipment to capture the world, mainly in a documentary way. >> >> I value the friendships of people here such as Lluis and Ted amongst >> others, but I am now finding that most of the posts here have little or no >> interest to me, and there are so many other places that show work in what >> I >> consider the true ethos of Leica, that I have reluctantly decided to move >> on. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> www.gwpics.com >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 29 Aug 2018, at 11:19, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry to hear that, Gerry. However, I do have a question: what do you >> think the ethos of Leica photography is? >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> On 29/08/2018 09:34, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote: >>>> I am sorry to say that I am unsubscribing from this board as I feel it >> has less and less relevance to the ethos of Leica photography. Those who >> think it is worthwhile can still see my work at the website below, and >> through various places such as Facebook, Twitter etc. >>>> >>>> It has been a fun ride! >>>> >>>> Gerry >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>>> www.gwpics.com >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.pbase.com/tinamanley > <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information