Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:03 AM 2/25/99 +0100, you wrote: >And pro keeper v. amateur keeper = no automatic per se advantage on the >pro side. I'm not sure Eric is really saying anything different to that >BTW... While that is quite true, and it takes talent to make great pictures, regardless of the number of frames you shoot, let me put it this way. Good and talented Robert Capa shoots 2,000 rolls of film this year using his Nikon SLR and vast array of lenses. Good and talented photographer Robert Capri shoots 20 rolls of film this year through is vastly superior R9AF with the brand new 50 Noctilux ARF ASPH. Given they are of approximate equal talent. (And of equal passion). Who will develop into the better photographer and end up getting more keepers per roll in the long run? The guy who practices more. My violin training for 19 years convinces me such a conclusion is legitimate in the visual area, which shares a lot of similarities with music. That doesn't directly translate to every photographer who practices will become a great photographer, not matter how hard they try. Some will fail. And fail they will, and move on to other things, or live in poverty and obscurity. (Gee, I'm getting depressed here...) Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch - -The world's full of apathy, and I don't care.