[Leica] Re:More comments: how do you use your images

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

I,too, take photos for a number of reasons.
a) to record certain moments which may be lost in the future of thinking 
about other possibly more important things.
b) as a personal memory back-up
c) as a record of where, when and with whom
d) to share with others some things which, at the time, had a meaning 
for me, whether it be beauty, humour, a situation, a person or persons, 
an event, or even a particular success in the use of some technique or 
other.
e) to share any newly gained knowledge of techniques and equipment
f) very privately as a family record - children grow, if you don't have 
the annual events in your child's life on film then you can't fully 
appreciate just how time flies.

As to what I do with them - as you all know I post a lot in various 
galleries on the web.
I also supply stock photos to a couple of agencies, I print a lot at DIN 
A4 size, both to hang on the wall and recently as a (hopefully) saleable 
product, monochrome and in colour.
I make cards for all family occasions, birthdays , anniversaries, 
Christmas, Easter etc etc

On top of this I love using "milestones" ands oddities of camera and 
optical construction for boring test images as comparisons - just for 
me. You can discover all sorts of gems in the world of lenses.

Douglas

Peter Dzwig wrote:
> F?lix L?pez de Maturana wrote:
> 
>>> I am hoping to stimulate a bit more discussion on this topic: why do 
>>> you take the images, what do you do with them, how big do you print, 
>>> how do you print, why do you print etc
>>
>>
>>
> I take photos for a variety of reasons.
> 
> (i) I love taking photos
> (ii) to try and capture the moment, or perhaps the view that I see of 
> the world at a particular instant.
> (iii) to show to friends, family - and of course the LUG, maybe one day 
> to exhibit
> (iv) to record something which may be gone soon. Despite our proximity 
> to London there is real country around here - although I don't know how 
> long much of it will remain. And the complement of that is that it is a 
> world which is in change, partly rural, partly ruralised urban types; 
> both facets try to come to terms with the other which itself is intersting.
> 
> What do I shoot:
> 
> Mostly "landscapes" whatever that may actually mean.
> 
> Events - that I go to and where I think that there is often something of 
> interest.
> 
> cars - oh well
> 
> People? yes, but not as portraits; generally in the street.
> 
> Oh yes and I must say that haviong as diverse a group as the LUG to show 
> to means that I often find myself asking, "would the guys in Co, Ca, 
> India, NZ, Oz etc. be interested in that...?"
> 
> Peter Dzwig
> 
> 
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