Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will confess, in the spirit of holiday cheer, that I quite seriously *like* to photograph cats; I've lived with them longer than I can remember--they're interesting: what more can you ask in a subject? I would gladly submit some kitty shots to any such exercise. Flowers . . . forget it! Chandos At 06:40 PM 11/24/1999 +0000, you wrote: > >>>What about my environmental portrait of homelss cat with flowers >taken with >a Kreigsmarine Leica<<< > >THAT I would like to see. > >For the record: it is possible to make a good photograph of just about >any hackneyed subject. In fact, I often thought it would make a great >book to present a number of excellent photographers with a list of the >worst cliches, and challenge them to make original and unusual >photographs. It can be done! For a while I was going to make a portfolio >like this. Fall foliage, rowboats, sunsets (in b&w, of course), kitties, >flowers, ugh, ugh, ugh. Only different... > >--Mike Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown