Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05

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Subject: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic image?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:38:06 -0500

Used for what?  though as I've not been making this clear nor has anyone
else.
Shooting for the media we sure see mainly color.
Shooting for the fine art gallery market I think its a toss up. With color
advancing over black and white.
I'm not sure about what other important categories there might be.
Commercial photography? Very little black and white at this point.
Portrait photography? Ten percent for those artsy people.
What else?
Promotional
Fashion
Event
Interiors
Industrial
Theatrical

Less and less black and white I'm seeing.
As less and less stuff is for print. Which cost more for 4 color. And more
and more stuff is for internet. Which is all color.

I did walk into my apartment building last night and there was a newspaper
on the floor in the mail area and the cover  shot was black and white. It
was the NY Times. So people are still seeing breaking news in black and
white.

And I think a basic issue is they don't make black and white compact flash
cards. So people are going to tend to see in color.


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> From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:01:02 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic
> image?
> 
> 
> On Jan 4, 2011, at 8:39 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jan 4, 2011, at 12:12 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>> 
>>> or to put it another way.... if it depends on color to make its impact,
>>> then it's largely lost,
>> 
>> It really seems that we're slicing this subject much too thin;
>> and expressing very personal preferences
> 
> 
> I don't think this is true George....clearly color should be used, "if it's
> about color" but "if the image depends on color (only) to make its impact,
> then it's largely lost"...
> 
> 
> is this not basically correct?  If it's not correct, why?
> 
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
>> rather than useful pointers.
>> 
>> Fine color photographs will use color extremely well
>> as a major and important element.
>> Ric, Kyle and others demonstrates this on a weekly basis.
>> 
>> In other cases - yes - color can seem to get in the way
>> of what may be an otherwise strong graphic image.
>> 
>> Bottom line:
>> the photographer must speak substantively
>> and in a style appropriate to their own vision.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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