Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes... a family of images showing a beautiful range of human emotions.... and photographic magic. > Phew! > > I've just been through all the images on the FOM board and this is the > hardest thing I've had to do in many a year! > > I decided to be really harsh in my judgement and on first pass through (I've > looked at all the images, rather than the thumbnails) I'm down to about 130 > images - but how the hell am I going to get this down to 50, let alone 30! > This part is going to take a lot longer and I may even be tempted to add > pics I have already excluded. > > This project is much more interesting now that there is a lot more submitted > images (there seemed to be a rush towards the end). For someone like me, who > has left the professional world behind many years ago and has only recently > re-embraced photography, it is very encouraging. I love the obvious > enthusiasm that is coming through from all levels of experience, and the > fact that (with the recent discussion of other enthusiast groups galleries) > the Leica approach tends to get the photographer 'closer' to people. The > submitted entries as a whole are very impressive, regardless of technical > issues - I am really impressed with the social and personal level of > involvement with people as human beings and not just as objects of visual > interest. > > This is a hell of a thing to judge and personal taste, mood at time of > viewing, current attitude to life, the universe and everything, must be > taken into consideration - but I am proud to be a part of this project (even > though I wouldn't have chosen any of my own pics even if it was allowed!). > > very humbled > > Brian McCarthy > brian@imagespace.co.uk > www.imagespace.co.uk > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html