Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]NOW DON'T GET MEAN! ;-) They complitment each ther! ;-) I'LL do a serious look at the book as I know the LUZ Gallery who represent my photos have copies of AA's books for sale. I shall let you know my reaction. :-) Without an ounce of the photojournalism neurons turned on. :-) Quietly in good viewing light! :-) cheers, ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] what are the most important aspects of a photographicimage? > Dear Dr Ted, maybe you saw the Ansel landscapes after the moonshine > overdose > incident!!!! > Yes his famous works are not photojournalism nor decisive moments but > those > rocks and fern stir my soul more than any other subject! > Still that HCB fellow was not impressed either and commented on AA's work, > suggesting that only the human condition was worthy of being photographed > Get yourself a copy of "Yosemite and the High Sierra" and take your time > with it somewhere undisturbed. I challenge you to be unmoved! > Heck I may have to move your Sleeping Cowboy print to a different wall > away > from my Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley print! ;-) > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 6 January 2011 03:07, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Bob, >> >> Well I've never been a big fan of AA and his zone sytem . But please let >> me say.... "I'll take your landsapes over his in the blink of an eye! >> WHY! >> >> AA's are merely big piles of rocks and ferns as sterile as a neutered >> Monk! >> >> Yours on the other hand? They are alive, are awesome and just plain old >> fashion "damn that's a beautiful photograph!" They bring life and >> inspiration for any landscape shooter!! >> >> I like shooting landscapess, but I do them as a time for relaxation while >> coming down from some hard ass assignment of long hour days! It's trully >> an >> R&R time for me. I turn off my bionic ears and I'm basically in a world >> of >> silence with the land and my cameras. >> >> cheers, >> ted >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at yahoo.com> >> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 8:28 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] what are the most important aspects of a >> photographicimage? >> >> >> Curious if folks feel that applies to landscapes too... >> Are the majority of impactful landscape photos BW or color? or both? >> >> I don't know if it's right to leave Adams out of the mix as he >> essentially >> has >> defined landscape photography for our generation. Maybe try to think of >> more >> recent landscape images that have impacted you. >> >> Just curious as one who concentrates more on landscape photography... >> Bob >> Bob Adler >> Palo Alto, CA >> http://www.rgaphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 7:57:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] what are the most important aspects of a >> photographic >> image? >> >> From PhotoQuotes.com: >>> >> >> TED GRANT >> father of Canadian Photojournalism >> >> When you photograph a man in color, you photograph his clothes. When you >> photograph a man in B&W, you photograph his soul. - Ted >> Grant<http://www.photoquotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=525&name=Grant,Ted> >> - a famous Canadian photographer >> >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Craig Semetko <csemetko at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yes, I am selling b&w work, and from what i've seen in galleries many are >>> selling b&w as well. And Tina and Ted have chimed in that they are too. >>> >>> For the most part, for my type of photography, I just like B&W better. >>> To >>> me, it seems to have more gravitas. I'm shooting both film and digital >>> but >>> converting most digital to B&W with silver efex pro. It just seems to >>> look >>> more timeless to me. Three of my images, I think, in my upcoming show at >>> the >>> Leica Gallery in NYC are converted M8 and M9 files. If I processed them >>> well, it's just about impossible to tell the prints from silver gelatin. >>> >>> craig >>> >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2011, at 11:11 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Really whose making and selling recently made black and white >>>> >>>>> photography? >>>>> On the LUG we have Craig Semetko. >>>>> But I believe Crag is the exception not the rule. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >