Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting discussion. Here are a couple of ideas. When you look at a photograph ask the question, "is life like that?" Generally speaking when you see a picture you "like" or think is a "good picture" you say, "yes, life is like that." In the group of pictures being discussed (I only looked at page one) the one picture that I thought was interesting was of the three (or four?) western young men enjoying their dinner. I thought that picture worked. They were having fun. They were obviously enjoying the meal and being together. I felt like I was sitting at the table with them. I then thought--why didn't they have a picture of the "local" people in the same situation? Wouldn't that have been a nice situation? The other question to ask, is whether you "feel" like you're at the location. The pictures being discussed do not really give the sense, smell, feel of the place. It's a difficult thing to achieve but vitally important when trying to communicate about a place. A good example was the PAW picture a few weeks ago of the two people in NYC hailing a cab. The attitude they showed plus their obvious annoyance at not finding a taxi was great. I felt like I was standing next to them. I felt like I was on the street. And yes, life IS like that. One last thing. Have fun out there. The mentioned webpage had the feeling of a butterfly collection. There wasn't much fun. In general, I always find the PAW pictures to have a "fun" factor. I always get the feeling that the PAW photographers are enjoying the act of photographing. Best, John Fulton Fort Worth - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html