Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I said, I've no argument with setting rigid working rules for oneself. I even find it pretty entertaining when groups of artists cook up a manifesto of rules they will live by for certain projects. Dogma '95 springs to mind. "altering the perspective symmetry of the composition" sounds like such a manifesto in incubation. I look forward to it hatching. Until the manifesto is delivered, Paul saying, "I just like making everything fit in 2:3," works just fine for me, so long as we don't try to sell it as a superior way of looking at the world. Users of other than 35mm film may find it difficult to swallow 2:3 as the "standard." Come to think of it, "standard" focal length on 35mm is closer to 40 that 50 isn't it? Paul Carter fits pictures to frames. Ric Carter & Sonny Carter fit frames to the pictures. No difference, just personal preference. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Sep 20, 2005, at 5:53 AM, Paul wrote: > For the same reasons, Ric. If you crop a picture you're altering > the perspective symmetry of the composition as much as if you used > a different focal length. > > For me that standard frame is the window through which I see the > world. Where ever I go, whatever I see, it's the same window. I > frame of reference, if you like. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > ******* > > On 20 Sep 2005, at 00:42, Ric Carter wrote: > > >> Okay, that makes good sense artistically, and certainly financially. >> >> What about not cropping? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >