Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 15-May-98 Alfred Breull wrote: > Larry, > > I've been reading your suggestions rather carefully, but - although > they sound reasonable - I don't feel good. The main reason results from > the fact, that I enjoy the _manual_ act of picture taking ... like > selecting the tool in painting (oil vs water colors, a certain brush), > or in sculptures, the material (i.e. clay/ loam vs wood vs marble). > > Let's say, I like to make mistakes as much as I like to be successful. > Both belong to me, they make me feel that I live. > > I'd miss it with the auto-xx additonals. Maybe there's truth in the > line, at least for me, that the way is the aim. I don't know, but I > feel better the way I described ... even if the picture is bad - it's > from me, it's mine, and it's not an automat who realized my success. > > Alf > -------------------------------------------------- > > Alfred Breull > http://members.aol.com/abreull/index.htm Why should a piece of silicon make the decisions for me? Isn't art about making your own decisions? Besides if anyone/thing is gonna make a mistake and ruin a picture its gonna be me and not some computer chip, and thats OK :) Michael Garmisa------kilemall@shell.excelsior.net------16-May-98 13:13:47 - --------http://shell.excelsior.net/~kilemall/-------ICQ # 11583837------- - ------PGP key at: http://shell.excelsior.net/~kilemall/kilemall.asc------