Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wasn't asking about professionals, I was asking about the ordinary amateur photographer, eg; LUGger. And my question was simply to generate the answers that have been flowing. There was no malice in the question. It was an honest question to simply see what folks do and why. If anyone thinks I had ulterior motives, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Jim At 10:26 PM 9/20/99 -0500, Eric Welch wrote: >At 05:22 PM 9/20/99 -0700, Jim Brick wrote: >>other people's children at a playground... what is it that you do with >>these photographs? You cannot publish them, you would neither want to hang >>them on your wall, nor have a slide show. Or would you? > >You have to be there. In any given situation, it can be a funny photo. >Elliott Erwitt is an example of the kind of photography we're talking >about. Finding something interesting about life in the simple little things >that happen. I use playgrounds as an example, but I rarely go there. I like >to wander the streets and see what I can see. Well, I say I like to, not >really for work. I'd rather have something to do. But when the boss says, >"Go out and find a weather picture," I go. I find weather pictures, >playground locale if necessary. > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO > >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >Computers can never replace human stupidity. >