Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the past while I have reflected on the issue of posting pictures to the LUG, which I haven't done much of. And I've looked at all of the pictures that do get posted and thought "hmmm". What I think I've learned is that the pictures that I like the most are pictures that come from the photographer's passion, and not pictures that the photographer thinks are "good" pictures. I never thought I would enjoy looking at pictures of trains or insects or plants or airplanes or strange-looking people smoking cigarettes on a city street. But I do. I was amazed at how much I liked the photographs of park benches that used to appear from time to time. Right now my passion is my grandchildren, and I think I'm going to start posting pictures of them. You don't have to look at them if you don't want. Mostly I prefer pictures of people, and 90% of the pictures I've ever taken have been formal or informal individual or group portraits. Well, first I need to finish cleaning out my office and turning in my keys. And until the Q2 that I've ordered manages to arrive, I don't have a working Leica except my IIIf and an M6. I need autofocus; I can't see well enough to focus an M any more, so I've passed on my M9 to someone I think will use it well. I will get to see my youngest grandchild again in a month, so I dearly hope my Q2 has arrived by then.