Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mary: Some of the most talented photographers I know are ametures, Some because they can make way more money doing what they are trained to do. Tom At 02:23 PM 9/15/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Francisco, > >I am an amateur too, and proud of it. The word, as you probably know, is >derived from the Latin verb amare, "to love." So the word means that >amateurs do what they do because they love it, and does not necessarily >connote that they do not know what they are doing. > >I liked the untitledmagazine 7. Without reading the bios of the >photographers, it hit home to me that the photographers are young and >idealisic. I particularly liked the shot of the boy looking through the >eye of the large sculpture. The other shots showed some interesting >camera angles, which I thoroughly enjoyed. To keep on topic--one wonders >how these folks would do if they had a Leica in their hands! > >Mary K > > > >>I don't agree with BD on his critics to this site. >> >>I think that this one of the best sites I've visited recently. Beautifully >>done, sober, easy to use and with a great bunch of pics. >> >>I don't think that the pictures are meaningless. Try to browse the past >>issues of the magazine and you'll found really good pictures (eg issue >>#2). Maybe not every single one are technically perfect (bu whats's that, >>anyway), but good because the photographer has been able to reflect on an >>image what he was seeing. >> >>But I'm only an amateur. >>Francisco > ================================== Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria