Re: [Leica] Photography, my point of view.

["David L. Duff" <duffdl@uswest.net>]

Jim Brick wrote:
> 
> One thing about photography, there is all kinds. All kinds of photography.
> All kinds of people indulging in photography. What floats my boat, will
> sink yours. And vice versa.
> 
	You sure got that right Jim, just about time I thought I've heard
of every concievable way one could put bread on the table with
photography
full-time, I hear of a new one. In Medical Photography I specialize in
just
eyes. I have a buddy in Vancouver, B.C. that specializes in bite-mark
photo-
graphy. And I met others at national Bio-Medical Photographers meetings
that
tobacco mosaic viruses, cave drippings, Native American Rock-Art
Documenta-
tion, and of course everyones favorite - the police forensic
photographers.
Then theres my uncle who is a photographer/illustrator for Hallmark in
K.C.
who has been doing that line for better than a quarter of a century.
(I've
noticed some posters to LUG who have been at it for half a century and
more.)

> ... Do you even take pictures. Or do you just fondle equipment?

	I was in my studio here at the hospital a few years back, showing
off my latest Leica addition to the guy who infected me with the "Leica
bug",
when a dietician popped his head in the door and said "Oh, excuse me, I
see
you guys are "Leica-bating", I'll come back when you're done".
Leica-bating,
wow, it really struck home then.
	Another instance when I had my photographic "feet" knocked out from
under me was when one of my photo professors required us to read "On
Photo-
graphy" by Susan Sontag. It's the one where she says "...To photograph
some-
one is to violate them...". It changed my photography forever, and of
course
also gave me some compassion with/for my clients. (Of course, I didn't
buy
her line 100%, or I wouldn't even be taking happy snaps)
 
> This, of course, is Just My Humble Opinion, as there are lots of people
> that love to indulge in the yesteryear photographic ambiance. And many are
> simply happy snappers.

Thanks for sharing!

> Jim
> 
> PS... I've been commissioned to provide six 30x40 Cibachromes plus six to
> ten 16x20 and 20x24 Ciba's for office and conference room decor, for Photo
> Access' new facility. Photo Access also bought 250 of my San Francisco
> books as promotional gifts. This is what my photography is all about. And
> when I teach a workshop, it is based upon achieving the utmost out of your
> equipment. Not achieving less than the utmost.

Congratulations! Keep doin' what you're doin.
I'll go back to List Lurking now.
David Duff, BS, CFA, LHSA, MOUSE