Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan Ball <alanball@csi.com> a écrit: snip > To go back to other aspects of this thread, the analogies with other fields > of creation or other hobbies, I find that photography, as respectable and > potentialy great as it is, is an activity that allows more incompetence and > self indulgence than others. > > It does not take that much work and knowledge to make an acceptable > picture. I'm constantly surprised by the quantity of > unsignificant-but-acceptable pictures that get printed and totally amazed > by the much greater avalanche of unsignificant-but-acceptable pics that get > published on the web. > > It takes a hell of a lot more training to perform correctly an audible > piano concerto and, from what I can see, very few amateur musicians (in the > traditional sense of the word) dare to publish their sound clips on the web > (not talking 'bout rap or techno sampling competitions here). > > I guess that might be at least part of the reason I chose photography, and > now that I own the photographic Steinway, I realise I am far from deserving > it, on creativity grounds anyway (I've worked my butt of to pay for those > gems). How many luggers feel that way ? I agree. I used to play the piano but have never wanted my unsignificant-and-maybe-unacceptable performance to be heard on the WEB. Although I admire Steinways and Bösendorfers, I am happy with my Yamaha, which I may barely deserve. It is also interesting to me that the power of Leica is not so often essential for professional photographers as that of Steinway is for professional pianists. mikiro _________________________________________________________ ÊTES-VOUS YAHOO!? Votre e-mail @yahoo.fr gratuit sur http://courrier.yahoo.fr