Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dare I say it - you've given me a terrific idea for a workshop exercise. Thanks! On 6/7/05 11:35 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Lewis and Clark last week were moving thought the Missouri straights. They > were describing in detail the way the white rocks striated in layers. THey > went on a few pages in their journals. 200 years ago last week. > If they'd waited just a couple of decades they could have picked up a > camera > and brought it along. Had a darkroom boat. > Trade stuff with the natives for hypo. > But they got antsy and just had to leave then. > > Its been said other explorations were just as daring and innovative and > historically important. The Lewis and Clark exploration was forgotten for > over a century. > > But what made it different was not the writing of light on paper or tin or > film. > But the writing on paper. > Their journals were extensive. And those little drawings were nice. > > I think from a photographic standpoint the best thing a committed > photographer could do on a certain trip, excursion, project... > Would be to leave their camera at home on one of them. > And do a lot of writing with a pen. Not a lens. > Make some crummy drawings. > > I think this would improve ones photography immensely. > > Another valid anti-photography photography exercise would be to do it > audio. > Talk into the thing and record the sounds of where you were. > See how visual that gets. > > Like I always think: nothing more visual than Radio. > > Next time when you went out with a camera I think you're whole perspective > would be better. Making for better shots. > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information