Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi Scott, > It shows that you love Lucy, and I enjoyed looking at some of them. > But on the same time I start to feel somewhat unconfortable about > them, as a regular subject... > > > Op 25-aug-06, om 04:55 heeft Scott McLoughlin het volgende geschreven: > >> Most of my studio lighting efforts to date are more-or-less >> "mug shots," but I've got a plant mister full of olive oil waiting >> in the wings for when the contest begins. Maybe some >> amazonian women, jumping with flexed legs and buttocks - >> kind of an Avedon/Newton/Maplethorpe medley :-) >> >> In the meantime, enjoy these pics. To quote Willie the Snitch >> from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - "I have a friend with a camera. >> You know, classy photos - but naked." :-) >> >> http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Lucy/Lucy_2/slides/LucyNude-1.html >> >> http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Lucy/Lucy_2/slides/LucyPanties-1.html >> >> And in the spirit of eroticism, while we're at it: >> >> http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Lucy/Lucy_1/slides/Fishnet_1.html >> >> http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Lucy/Lucy_1/slides/Awake.html >> >> >> Scott >> >> Don Dory wrote: >> >>> Scott, >>> So, where is that scantily clad model shot that we should all be >>> judging? >>> >>> Don >>> don.dory@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> On 8/24/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Maybe, but aren't you assuming that a small group of appointed >>>> judges would necessarily be the "best" photo critics on this list? >>>> >>>> I don't see this as a valid assumption. >>>> >>>> Just as likely, availability of the proposed judge's time would >>>> be a big factor in selecting judges. And the current more >>>> commercially active photographer might well have the least >>>> amount of time and patience to judge a contest like this. >>>> >>>> And while a the sample of photogs on the LUG probably doesn't >>>> equally represent all styles of photography, the populist approach >>>> gives someone's superbly executed "scantily clad model, sprayed >>>> olive oil sweat, gold filters on the big softboxes, airbrushed >>>> ersatz >>>> Maxim cover photo" shot a flying chance of winning :-) >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> Eric wrote: >>>> >>>> >I'm not really sure how a populist approach is going to help >>>> any of us >>>> learn >>>> >or grow. Numbers by themselves are meaningless. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >-- >>>> >Eric >>>> >http://canid.com/ >>>> > >>>> >_______________________________________________ >>>> >Leica Users Group. >>>> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >>>> Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >>>> (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> -- >> Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >> Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >> (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >