Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Matt, Some comments on weeks 8, 9 and 10: Week 8: beautiful light, but the composition is a bit static with the man smack in the middle of the frame. Week 9: my favorite by far. Again the light is beautiful and this time the composition works. I just wish the children were really sharp... Week 10: the effect of the camera support are clearly showing... Cheers, Nathan Matt Kollasch wrote: > I have posted some photos to PAW page. The next three are from Paris. > I am mostly disappointed in my shots from Paris, where my negatives tell > me I was suffering from acute OHE (Operator Head Error). Discouraging, > but I trust I will work my way out of this slump (Slouching Towards Good > Photos?). > > This URL will take you to week 7... > http://www.uni.edu/kollasch/photo/paw/pages/week-07.htm > > Also, in Paris, we went to a Robert Doisneau exhibit at a gallery. What > a treat to see them all lined up. His humor seems more effident when > you can see them all together. Beautiful prints (signed) and all > fetching at least $4500. Also went to opening of a show by the Czech > photographer Jan Saudek. He was there with the same lithe model in tow, > as he was when I first "met" him in Bratislava a few years back. > > Week 10 was shot using the ever-venerable monopod also known also as a > beer glass, which was filled, repeatedly, with De Koninck, a Begian > brew. Cheers! Na Zdravie! Skol! > > /matt - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/