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Subject: Fwd: [Leica] Photo contest rules/policy question
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Aug 26 04:51:11 2006
References: <mailman.4243.1156533717.206.lug@leica-users.org>

> 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/
>>>> >
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