Re: [Leica] going beyond family photography

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>]

Hi BD... understood... I felt you made your point well, no sarcasm
etc...and I got it... not personally offended one bit....
but please go easy with that doctor business. Here I am an amateur
photographer (and not a bad one),
pure and simple.
best, Steve


> Damn, Steve - I wasn't trying to be sarcastic or mean this last
> time...Sorry...AND I hadn't read the message carefully enough and thought
I
> was responding to another Steve...Not Doctor Steve..;-)
>
> And as to raising the standards, my point was that taking photos of
nudes,
> trees, and sidewalk cafes has nothing to do with raising standards. We
raise
> the standards by working at our photography every time we make photos; by
> thinking about what we are shooting and why we are shooting it; by
carefully
> thinking about what we want the photo to look like before we push the
> shutter release; and by making sure that there is some meaning to the
images
> we are making. Seriousness depends upon the photographer, not the
subject.
> IMNHO.:-)
>
> B.D.


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