Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i was pleased to see don dorys good work, it's very hard to take a good photo of a kid http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=156903 and have it be interesting to someone who's not related to them. both of dons transcend relation -- good job. i like both the b&w headshot and the color. great composition in the color shot, and good use of color -- it wouldn't have worked nearly as well in b&w. with a CL huh? i saw somebody shooting with one in chicago a couple years back. have always thought that a CLE is probably the camera for me but the CL seemed -- difficult. the PLUG noticed that in europe a "non smoking" section in a restaurant is one where no one is currently smoking. it was worst in romania. i myself made an editorial decision about three years ago not to photograph models with cigarettes and not to have characters who smoke in my films. i used to do it in the past but i had a sudden epiphiny that i was contributing to the problem, and have decided to do my tiny little bit not to continue to glamorize smoking for kids. after having lost two grandparents slowly and excruciatingly to lung and mouth cancer in the most awful way imagionable, i'd just as soon not have anybody else go through that. my studio is smoke free now & if the models need to light up, we have a designated smoking area out back. i hate it when my leica smells bad. the plug's 2 cents is usually only worth about half that. keep pushing that shutter button, it'll come unstuck, kyle - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html