Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Marc, for the nice comment about the flag shot. I don't condemn landscapes at all. Like Rabiner, I sometimes become exuberant in my answers. It is quite likely that I'll post a landscape shot this week, as I think I have a lovely one in my camera. I do believe though that (most) landscapes that I have done required far less thought, bravery, and effort than (most) people shots I have taken. I shot landscapes as part of my job for several years. I worked at a TV station in New Orleans, and it was my responsibility to shoot the station ID slides, scenes from New Orleans. Those shots gave me a huge audience for my pictures, but I think they may have made me a little less interested in the landscape. As far as my remark "Pictures of sunsets and trees and rocks are just our documentation of how well God did his job." I think any tree, sunset or rock makes a better picture with a person in the foreground. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Attinasi" <marc@attinasi.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Kids and Rocks and Trees > I hope Eric keeps posting pictures of his daughter. I take at least 50 > pictures of my daughter a week, and when my new daughter is born, > Wednesday at 2:00pm, I will be taking hundreds and probably even > foisting a few upon the list. Very many of Eric's shots are great, and > they make me smile - what could be better? > > BUT, I must state my difference of opinion with Sonny about the merits > of landscape shots. Photographs are many things - documents, reflections > of reality, distortions of reality, contemplative pieces, humorous > pieces, political statements, enigmatic pieces... People are very > complex and provide a lot of opportunities, but environmental pieces - > landscapes, abstracts and the like - give us a chance for some inner > calm, some quiet reflection, a meditative reprieve. > > I'm thinking of the shot Sonny had of the flag reflection in the water - > with and without the ducks - it had no people in it and it was wonderful > (http://www.sonc.com/flag_dux.htm). > > Picture people do require special effort, and so do good pictures that > have no people! > > OK, back to the darkroom now. > - marc > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html