Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Classic Farber Nudes is also an excellent book if you like his work, which I do. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stasys Petravicius" <stasys1@gte.net> To: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:04 PM Subject: [Leica] Christmas Book > Hi Lugnuts- > > The book that I purchased for the Holidays " Natural Beauty Farber Nudes " > by Robert Farber is easy reading, very nice pictorially, and has a few > comments about equipment, film and settings and lighting. He uses a variety > of 35 mm, medium format, digital and even Minox cameras. The images are > interesting in that grain is a prominant feature, and the softness of the > figures gives them a nice quiet quality. The book is balanced with other > scenes of beauty- landscapes, a seascape, flora, etc. > > Looking the book over- it appears that I shouldn't be too hung up on Leica > 35- there are a lot of ways to achieve excellent results among them watching > the light, sometimes filtration, and planning the size of the final print. > > An additional comment- I've paid my own way photographically until now- and > will continue in the future. > > Best, Stasys > > -- > 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