Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, might I also add to Kyle's message? Your dear wife said, "and be truly representative of what you saw." I like to think that a photographer is an editor for the world. A photographer sees things that others don't. The best compliment I ever got was from a friend who said, "You know how dogs can smell things that humans can't? I think your eyes see things that ordinary people can't." I'd like to add that the process of darkroom or Photoshop manipulation (for me) is ONLY to direct you to see what I was seeing. The Leicas just make it easier to do all that. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "kyle cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:11 PM Subject: [Leica] dodging & burning vs leicas > >My wife was watching and after seeing him dodging and altering the negs, > >and hearing the narrator say that the finished product was highly > >manipulated and often much different than the original subject, which if > >seen as taken might be quite plain and boring. > > > >She then commented, "I am disappointed. I don't think that's right -- > >after all, you keep telling me you wanted the Leica and that wonderful > >lens so your photos would have that beautiful glow and be truly > >representative of what you saw. Explain this to me!" > > > >Help!!! ;-) > > > >Ted in Olalla > > easy ted. artists don't merely represent the world around them, they change > it to fit their view. as we've seen in the past, a forensic photographer or > a crime scene photographer or many types of scientific photographers need to > represent what is actually there. this goes for news photographers as well. > adams was none of those. he was an artist who happened to use a camera. the > final image was manipulated to show it "as it should have been" not as it > was. > > kc > > > > -- > 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