Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Mark, I could not agree more. I need to do a photographer's statement. Just happen to be discussing this with a friend of mine. Writing doesn't come naturally to me, but I will give it a bash. Meanwhile, larger pix are on my site. Rather happy with this one today. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/11/11_01/11_01_breeze/01.htm D I think I am going to like it here On 14/01/2011 8:56 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > It would be great if on the Blurb book we click on a front introductory > preference page and we read about your feelings about your work and your > approach to your subject matter. What we have here is pix and only pix. In > the context of a wonderfully classy animated book. And having had the books > in hand we know they will look great. > The pix are thumbnails and remain thumbnails. > 165x195 pixels I see a typical one is. > So in effect what we end up with is context over content. Its more about > the > book than it is about the pix in it. > We could be looking at various dog poo we've found on the sidewalks of the > world and in this context it would look just fabulous. > And we could buy and sell lenes and shoot babes on the sidewalk with them > and do the same. > Be great to see them in a gallery looking bigger! > Welcome to the LUG! > > In the old days when someone really loved cameras and gear and not so much > photography itself you'd know it because if you ever saw any prints you'd > see very poorly printed darkroom prints. And you'd know. > Now we don't know. > We are all Aperture Monograph photographers now. > We are all published. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Derby Chang<derbyc at iinet.net.au> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:08:53 +1100 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] De-lurking intro >> >> Hello >> >> I've been lurking for too long and realise I should introduce myself. >> >> I was for a long time a Pentax shooter, but caught the Voigtlander bug >> some years ago. Since then I've acquired a few CV and Leica bodies. Now, >> unless I need to do rapid shots, I almost exclusively use an M7 and a >> pair of R-D1 and R-D1s (with the occasional Panasonic). >> >> Just finished a revision of my Blurb book. Looking forward to being a >> worthy contributor to this august group. >> >> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1919679 >> >> cheers >> Derby > -- derbyc at iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc