Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 21, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 01:37 PM 6/21/2009, you wrote: >> Another perspective....... >> >> For the cost of going there and taking the seminar, for 2 people, >> you could >> have bought an M8, or other, and "shot your brains out". >> >> Frank Filippone > > Frank - > > I've done several workshops - The Maine Photographic Workshops, > Santa Fe Workshops, and the Look3 Workshops in Charlottesville that > I just finished. Of the three, the Eugene Richards workshop at > Look3 was best, Maine - as far as being instructive - was next, and > Santa Fe was still very, very good. I learned enough and made > enough contacts in all three to more than pay for the tuition, room > and board. and just belonging to the LUG really can be a sort of workshop....and very effective. try it... just take some photos and show them... and ask opinions, Steve > > The Leica seminars are lots of fun. You get to borrow all of the > Leica equipment that you think you might ever want and you may even > learn something. They aren't workshops in the sense of the other > three, but they are seminars with different lectures by different > working photographers. It's in a fantastic place where you can > shoot your brains out and there's lots of good food and drink. I'm > not sure you can get an M8 for $1500, but come to the Leica Seminar > and you might win a pair of Leica binoculars that's worth over $1500 > or a fantastic camera bag that retails for over $300 - just two > prizes that my amateur husband has won over the years (and never > lets me forget!!) You can learn only so much on your own but > comparing your work shot over several days with that of the others > in the same seminar and hearing Ted's wonderful and constructive > critiques of each photo is invaluable. > > OMHO - > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information