Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I don't want to be offensive and you know it Mon Ami, cher Ami. :-) But kids are used to different perspectives (cartoons have helped) , to a different sense of composition (digital age), and I'm sure they never heard or refer to our standards - who among the generations have heard abbout Kertesz, Nadar, Smith, Sudek or Evans to name but a few? Everything in there is cultural. I really wonder what or who Chinese photographers refer to today ... In earnest Yours Phil...x Ted Grant wrote: > Didier Ludwig offered: > >>> The younger generation (which is probably more talented as we are, >>> because photographing is much more common today and kids start much >>> earlier to shoot) does less care about a red dot on a camera, though >>> I have noticed a certain interest for exotic gear amongst my >>> students. << >> > > Hi Didier, > Question? Do they have a strong knowledge of photography as in light, > eyes, action, composition and other factors that make a well balanced > photograph? > > Or are they completely wound up in the numbers and digital jargon, > while letting the digi cam do everything.... therefore it's a good > picture? > > ted > > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > 1817 Feltham Road > Victoria BC V8N 2A4 > 250-477-2156 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >