[Leica] Lets start a Leica equipment discussion

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Ah well, talent, ultimately is the ability to make something that
others and yourself find compelling.

But for personal work one doesn't need talent because for personal
work it's the pursuit that is the most important thing - the
challenge, the struggle to meet it, the satisfaction and frustration.

We live in such a huge fishbowl these days that small talents are
considered trivial. In earlier days simply being able to play the
piano would be a gift to many people who otherwise would never hear
it. Now someone who plays is compared to recorded music of all the
greats and so the joy of sharing and discovery is lost.

One of the valuable aspects of this community which Brian has so
thoughtfully created for us is the ability to share our work with
people of similiar interests and divergent talents. There are big
talents and lesser ones here - say stretching from Ted Grant to my
rather humble postings. We respect the exposure that goes into sharing
them and give of ourselves when we offer our responses.

Our community works best when it encourages people to post more of
their images and to talk about why they are successful and when we
share amoungst ourselves our passions for the art and craft of
photography as well as our passions for other elements of our lives.
It's why talking about Tilly hats and scotch and cars and even
politics (to a lesser extent) aren't REALLY off topic here. All of
those things inform the other, just as Tina's passion for the people
in Honduras informs her photography.

It's not what talent is - but it's about sharing what talents we have
is all about: how to be open and generous and kind and critical all at
the same time.

Adam

On 3/21/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:

> Don't think so. This thread is just starting to get interesting...
> One of the true questions emerged: what is true talent? And is talent
> really necessary to produce personal work?