Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 07 November 2000, imxputs@knoware.nl wrote: > big SNIP> > instead of ridiculising or > negating what we do not like, let us be more open. If you take pictures in the > HCB style, and someone presents a different approach (hi-res photography as > example), you might inquire if there is anything in that appraoch that can help > you make better pictures, in stead of negating that approach as being out of > scope. The other way around is true to: the Zone System can be a boring > exercise in a technique, but it can also enhance your visual awareness and > technical capabilities. And using a film as TP may be used in the wrong way by > someone to produce pictures without any content, that does not imply that TP > could not by its very characteristics add to the expressiveness of an image. > And a technically perfect picture could be made more interesting by trying to > add some visual creativity in the image. > Could we not learn form each other and stop trying to carve up the vast field > of photography in watertight compartments where trespassing is not allowed? > > Erwin Thank you Erwin! Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with Northwestern and the world. Click http://www.nualumni.com to get your FREE Northwestern StartPage. Customize your own collection of the latest news, sports, stock quotes, and more. Check it out today!