Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, Welcome The questions you ask can only be answered by you. I can tell you that when I first heard of the PAW concept, it made sense for me in that I had these nice cameras that were being used largely for snapshooting; it was hard to justify even keeping them for what little use I was getting from them, So I plunged into a Picture a week project. Here's what I do: I take a camera with me nearly everywhere I go. At first, people will ask about it; you wife, your friends, people at church. Then an amazing thing happens. You are shooting and you become invisible to them. Really. They lose their self-conscious attitudes, because they are so accustomed to seeing you with a camera, and you are so comfortable with it, you are invisible! There are no rules to a PAW. You do it for yourself. Some people will critique your stuff, and many of those will be valid; sometimes their opinions stink worse than your pictures. Soon, however, an AMAZING thing happens! You become a better photographer. You shoot week after week, you post week after week. You get to know your camera like it is a part of you, and suddenly, you are doing some good work, and guess what? You have a track record that you can go back and look at! I must warn you, it is hard. Lots of people drop out. There are some who've been at it for years, and they don't even post to the list anymore, but you can go to the several lists of PAW and look through them and see some fine documentation of people's lives. If you are serious, and get a few shots posted, ask me and I will put your name on my PAW list. http://www.sonc.com/pawlist.htm Jeffery Smith maintains a directory too at: http://www.jeffery-nola.com/links.html And Jason Vicinanza at: http://www.futurafish.com/paw There may be more. Kyle Cassidy, the acknowledged founder of the PAW movement offers a template and advice here: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leicaslacker/paw/ He says: Rules: There aren't really any rules but I will offer up some guidelines. 1 photo a week posted on Mondays (or thereabouts) gives you the weekend to print and scan. Each photo taken during the previous week (it's pointless to showcase your old photos in this format). Post to the Lists when your page is updated. Hopefully this will shame the rest of them into taking photos instead of bickering about a) Billington bags, b) rangefinder flare, c) lens hoods d) "is there really a mint +", e) "could salago beat capra in a fair fight?" f) vintage straps, etc. Okay now. Get going. That's it from here. Good Luck, and I hope you do the PAW, it has been a great experience for me. Sonny http://www.sonc.com > > At 06:59 AM 9/27/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >Hello all, > > > >I'm a new LUG member, new to Leica M and remembering how to expose film > >correctly. I think the PAW is a great idea, and I'm setting mine up. > > > >How many frames or rolls, in a good week, do folks expose with the PAW in > >mind? Also, should I post the best of the lot, even if the week's exposures > >stink terribly, strictly for the sake of keeping the PAW current? > > > >I appreciate anyone's feedback. Many TIA, > > > >Jeffrey > > > >-- > >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html