Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, I know all about wilderness being spiritual, I keep going into such places. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net> wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> Jayanand I feel very differently about Ansel's work as you know. Let me >> say >> as an example that to stand in Yosemite is a religious experience. > > yes it is. > > Being there, independent of any picture taking... > > With my coming move to Sacramento, we will be close ... > that is one of the compelling reasons to be enthusiastic about Sacramento. > > If you can capture in a photo, what you feel and see there, that is bound > to > be a great photo... > > > Steve >> >> 2009/6/3 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> >>> Hoppy, >>> I am with HCB on the latter point. Though Adams' iconic vision looks >>> great, it also looks bare, emotionless and to a point a little sterile >>> - that those vast swathes of land have no living creature in them at >>> all....(I have four of Alan Ross' prints of AA negatives, and they >>> really glow - but I would not buy more) >>> >>> For a modern equivalent for using unusual equipment, there is Nick >>> Brandt, who shoots African wildlife close up, and in black & white >>> with a Pentax 6x7 - http://www.nickbrandt.com/ . These things are >>> generally the exception rather than the rule. Each one chooses the >>> tools for the job at hand depending on how he conceptualizes and >>> visualizes it, and these things will differ from person to person. >>> What I think is more important, is that the photographer is one with >>> his camera, working on pure instinct. >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:18 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net >>> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> George Lottermoser wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> >>>> Paul strand could have chosen a rollei, or whatever >>>> he chose an 8x10 camera with a prism on the lens >>>> for his street work in Egypt. >>>> That work looks the way it does >>>> because of the man and his choice. >>>> <<< >>>> >>>> And Eliot Porter used a 4x5 view camera for his photos of wild birds. >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - >>>> http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> Geoff >> 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >