Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen offered: Subject: Re: [Leica] Capa > As did Capa... > "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."<<< When I worked for a large daily newspaper many years ago the city editor was also the photo editor you learned very quickly what " being close enough" is all about. :-) When we filed our "prints" to his desk, if they weren't cropped tight and filling the frame with the main subject of the story he made them "close" very quickly! He had a huge pair of scissors and cut/cropped the main part of the picture so when it ran in the paper the "subject was a lot closer than you shot it!" We soon learned all about "getting closer not only from his cutting of the pictures but also from his "cutting remarks" that today he would be fired for mental harassment! However, he made our photography more dramatic just from fear of his cutting/editing terminology method. In turn photographers working for the paper at the time became far better shooters by getting closer and "filling the frame!" The bottom line is, if you fill the frame with the main aspect of the picture, being closer, you'll find your photography improving. And apart from stepping off a pier or cliff, always take one step closer in 99.99999% of the time and you'll immediately improve the situation you're photographing. Obviously with common sense. ted