Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric Carter wrote: It's all about some phoney concept of reality that does not in reality exist they're pictures, not reality, but impressions of it rendered by people with opinions The only way to avoid that is to place the viewer at the point of action, in which case you don't need the photographer ================================================================================ I'm with Ric on this one. Well said. Much of photography consists of deciding what you don't want in the picture. When I was on a college newspaper staff, I would give a contact sheet to the editor and he would give it back to me with crops indicated in felt marker, and I would crop to his instructions. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085