Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops: should have said "never limits." -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Chandos Michael Brown Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:07 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] was Multiple Bodies, now cropping-phooey! On the contrary, I view it as the height of laziness to 'discover' the image in the darkroom or on the monitor. There's a reason that folk are suspicious of "cooked up" images, I suppose, which is why the phrase is derogatory in ordinary usage. I try to get it right the first time, and have felt that this limits my "creativity." I suppose I was exposed to Minor White at too impressionable an age. And I'm a first rate cook, thank you very much, if I can trust the judgment of the many people who've dined at my table. Chandos B.D. Since I was a fisherman before I was a photographer, my attitude is that rarely is a fish ready to eat just after you catch it. One must clean it, get rid of that which is not tasty or digestible, and cook it lovingly and present it attractively. Most of the time when I see a picture posted, and I say, "this picture could benefit from cropping," or "this picture wants to be contrastier," and the shooter writes back, "Oh I never crop!" or "I never photoshop." When I get that back, I know the person probably can't cook, and possibly thinks Campbell's Gumbo is what we eat in Louisiana. Phooey. I've said it before, and I'll say it again and again, It is just laziness to not try to make your picture all it can be. Subscribing to some silly notion that you must always follow a rule that you made up in the first place takes a horrible toll on your creativity. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information