[Leica] was: did I miss a fight? NOW snapshots and criticism

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Sonny--

Exactly, and you don't get defensive when someone "misses" the art in  
the ones you post.

I find you a pretty careful editor of what you post, even though I'm  
not much of a cat person;^)

I think some of us are being a bit sensitive. If I posted some  
mediocre photos, I'll learn from it and move on. If I have not, I'll  
rest satisfied he was talking about someone else.

Cuz Ric


On Jun 29, 2006, at 6:46 PM, SonC@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 6/29/2006 5:19:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> ricc@mindspring.com writes:
>
> Let he who is without snapshots cast the first stone, or at least
> stop posting them.
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
>
> I totally disagree. Sorry.  You know, I work in an archive with a   
> giant
> collection of photography.  We have some Ullmans and other good   
> stuff, but no one
> comes to us for that.  Movie makers, magazines, writers,  TV  
> producers,  all
> come to us for the pictures in our snapshot collection.  It is rich  
> with
> moments from the daily lives of people from this area.
>
> This is not an art list. This is not Streetphoto.  I see things and
> photograph them and show them.  If you like my work, look at it, if  
> you  don't use the
> delete key.  I enjoy criticism, but believe me, even Chandos  is not a
> greater critic of my work than I am.
>
> I do not like criticism like, "too bad that when the explosion  
> happened
> there were some power lines obscuring the lovely clouds."  For  
> God's sake,  when
> you talk about a shot, give pointers that someone can do something   
> about.
>
> For example, my monitor might be screwed up, and the color looks  
> just fine
> to me, but to someone else it sucks.  Tell me.  I have several   
> monitors
> available, and then I know that the one I'm editing on needs   
> attention.
>
> I try to put interesting shots online.  Not great art.  I am not   
> an artist.
> I don't have an artist's statement.  I take  pictures.  I sell  
> some. Some
> people think because I don't dig into the ugly  side of my town  
> that I am not
> documenting it.  I prefer to show what I  like, not what I hate.  I  
> did that too
> many years as a news photographer,  and it only makes me sad if  
> that's all I
> shoot.
>
> So, to finally answer what you said, I shoot hundreds of pictures  
> you never
> see. Some, no one but me will ever see.
>
> An example: My dear sweet wife, already in the first stages of  
> anesthesia
> before a major surgery this week.  Without makeup, in hospital  
> stuff, a  lovely
> portrait of the woman I love in a moment that we are uncertain of  
> our  future.
>   She did OK, but I'll treasure that shot because I'll always   
> remember how I
> felt about her in those tense moments.
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
> ?galit?, libert?,  crawfish
>
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