[Leica] Enthusiasm

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Jeffery Smith said nice things: :-)
Subject: RE: [Leica] Enthusiasm


> Good to see you popping back in, Ted. I just read HCB's "The Mind's Eye".
> Now that you have hung up your guns, you might want to think about writing
> your own little book of wisdom on photography (no, not like Susan 
> Sontag's).
> There are a lot of bad books out there on "photography how-to", and most 
> of
> them talk more about the medium (camera, lens, and film) than the the big
> picture, i.e., finding the right piece of the surroundings to frame. You
> could write on with the preface stating "Everything in this book is about
> one 35mm camera with a 50mm lens and TRI-X" and then we could read
> about the photography, not the medium.<<<<<<<<<

Hi Jeffery,
Well I've been writing anecdotes and "what to do things" as a collection for 
many years with the idea they might become a book some day. I mean, after 56 
years as a professional working photojournalist covering almost evey kind of 
assignment one can imagine there has to be some experience to pass along.

I have a number of stories and "what to do" pieces written other than 
editing. I'm a photographer not a writer, therefore the grammer isn't always 
correct. However, I feel the message usually gets through. ;-)

We shall see over th next few months.
ted