Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aaron, I hit the send button too quickly. I meant to add that I feel the same way you do. I had a discussion a while back with a friend of mine regarding the difficulty level of photography, at which time I put my feelings in a contact sheet. DaveR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rodgers" <davrodgers@msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Traveling the world, just me and my camera > Aaron, > > http://www.lightcurves.com/gallery1/visualizing.htm > > DaveR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Traveling the world, just me and my camera > > > > It's the brain part that I'm missing. > > > > At 10:29 PM 3/1/2004, Doug Herrwrote: > > >on 3/1/04 5:47 PM, Jack Baty at jbaty@fusionary.com wrote: > > > > > > >>>>>> That man travels the world with just an M6 and a 35mm > > > >>>>>> lens.<<<<<< > > > >> [snip] > > > >> > > > >> There are too many people who think all you need is a Leica, film, > > > >> running > > > >> shoes and a foreign country and you'll become the next HCB or Marc > > > >> Riboud, > > > >> and that's absolute nonsense. > > > > > > > > While I agree completely, I wonder if the point of the original post > > > > was > > > > that it's *not* about the equipment. I read it as, "He takes great > > > > photos with a single camera and only one lens!" > > > > > > > > FWIW, I use an M6 and 35 and my photos are crap. Maybe it's the > > > > traveling the world part I'm missing! > > > > > >I hate to break this to you, but it's not the 'traveling the world' > > >part, > > >either. IMHO the best photos are in your 'back yard', however you > > >define > > >that. It's the places you know and can come back to again and again. > > > > > >Doug Herr > > >Birdman of Sacramento > > >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > -- > > 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