[Leica] Instagram -- YOU WONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! :-)

Wed Sep 17 13:44:38 PDT 2014

Ted , I looked again. I see lots of photos with interesting shapes and
compositions and good vision from the photog too. There is a lot of
saturated colour in there which makes for impact but can be a bit
overpowering to view maybe?
I think this phone photography has its own opportunities and limitations.
The biggest plus of course is where people actually USE them because it
means they always have a camera with them. Where I think that phone cameras
have profoundly changed photography is where people are using them
constantly to share or interact socially. There is also no doubt that they
have effectively largely supplanted the compact P&S sector of the market.

I maybe think a little differently to others on using a phone or a LOMO or
whatever. Are the photos better because of what you use or despite what you
use?
Often I think, oh if you are going to make the effort to create the photos,
why not use a better tool.
But then my tools cost a fortune I guess and Ted JNR is very likely much
more successful than I ;-)

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman

On 18 September 2014 02:21, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> DOUGLAS OFFERED:
> >>> Well done Ted, you've passed on THE EYE!!!
> Douglas<<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Douglas,
> Thank you for looking as he's been quite anxious to read comments from what
> he considers a great bunch of Leica shooters.
>
> However???????? It appears everyone but yourself, "THANKS AGAIN!"       Are
> too busy to have the courtesy of looking at the photography of a "visiting
> real amateur photographer" wondering what the CREW thought of his "Happy
> Snaps?
>
>
> Since I've been told it's quite easy for the LUG CREW to click on his
> Instagram photo sight: GO FOR IT AND BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! :-)
>
> http://instagram.com/tedgrant317 - You do not need to have an Instagram
> account!
>
> I expected a few comments good, bad or truthful! Actually regardless of
> whether I'm his father or not, I can honestly and unequivocally say he has
> images here equal to and better than some posted on the LUG daily!
>
> NOW HOW'S THAT FOR A COURTESY CHALLENGE TO ANSWER A visitors post? It will
> be extremely appreciated with a big thank you to those who do.
> thank you
> Ted
> (the father)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Douglas Barry
> Sent: September-17-14 12:27 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Instagram -- YOU WONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! :-)
>
> Well done Ted, you've passed on THE EYE!!!
>
> Douglas
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Instagram -- YOU WONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! :-)
>
>
> http://instagram.com/tedgrant317 - do not need to have an Instagram
> account
>
> john
> ________________________________________
> >From: LUG [lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] on behalf of
> >Ted Grant [tedgrant at shaw.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 September 2014 9:45 a.m.
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Instagram --  YOU WONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! :-)
>
> INSTAGRAM PHOTO ADDRESS........ tedgrant317      This is Number 1 son's
> photos!
>
> Hi Luis & George:
> Thanks for taking a look at No.1 sons' IPHONE photos that he's been
> shooting
> for the heck of it the past few months. I'm not sure if all you LUGGERS can
> connect to instagram and his address or not? But let me assure you without
> a
> doubt many of you, yep a whole bunch of you will be quite surprised at the
> images and the quality. Each image, the very high quality ones have been
> printed a size 11.7 X 16.5 and look beautiful.
>
> Many of you know of the incredible photographer quality of #2 son
> Scott.(that's 2nd born son)  THE SPORT PHOTOGRAPHER just back from
> Australia
> and Hawaii covering international swimming events .
>
> No.1 son Ted did a fair amount of photography when he was a young lad, then
> basically dropped it due to his education and career.
>
> UNTIL?????????? He dropped by to make a few prints of images he'd knocked
> off with his...I hate to say it BUT! "IPHONE!"
>
> To say the least, if we disregard the 'IPHONE" as the tool used to capture
> the images? The bulk of the images fall into A  "FINE ART?" Character with
> a
> LEICA. However quite a number fall into pure photojournalism at its best!
>
> Oh years ago he shot mostly with Leica M cameras and film but then his
> education became far more important.
>
> But now the thrill of what he's been shooting and the possibility of
> producing a book he is quite excited as I am. My "feel good part?" Making
> these beautiful images into PRINTS!
>
> If you can't connect to his INSTAGRAM ADDRESS. We'll load thm onto a LEICA
> GALLERY ADDRESS so you can have a look.
> cheers,
> ted
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
> 1"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf
> >Of
> George Lottermoser
> Sent: September-16-14 8:28 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Instagram
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
> > Yes, I'm surprised too by the quality. I don't anything about Instagram
> and how it works....
> >
> > I think is created for working only with smartphones, no computers and no
> traditional cameras ... isn't it?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Lluis
> >
> > El 15/09/2014, a las 04:59, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribió:
> >
> >> Hi CREW,
> >> Check out my son's Instagram account. All pictures were taken with his
> >> iPhone, can't believe the quality.
> >>
> >> His account is @tedgrant317 do a search. Let me know what you think.
>
> you can bring any photo (from camera, tablets, computers, phones -
> whatever)
> into instagram.
>
> though obviously the insta
> comes quickest to the phones and tablets
> the app runs on.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
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