Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ted. I appreciate your comments. I have never been able to take photos with my phone because I can't hold it still enough! When I push the button, the whole phone moves. I'd rather use a Leica ;-) Tina On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 12:55 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Tina Manley SHOWED: > > "COMMUNICATION." > > Hi Tina, > A wonderful capture of the useless waste of time : "THUMB DIDDLING" > looking machines. IPHONES ETC. > > What I have a hard time understanding about all these so called "smart > phones & so called cameras?? Is? People visit new locations as some of > these folks are, yet all of them are thumb diddling instead of enjoying > life about them! > > Go to a restaurant and table after table the guests are thumb diddling > instead of enjoying food, wine and " real life conversation!" > > Even though my number one son Ted Jnr. is working on a photo project using > some type of "Smart phone camera." I'm completely blown away with his > images and in some cases during early evening hours of minimal light > situations. Quite honestly, AMAZED! > > No you folks haven't seen photo results by this son Ted in action. I'm > posting a few on another "Photo Post only shortly" that he is as his > brother Scott shooting sports. (He is doing Sochi Winter Olympics.)" But > Ted also has a wonderful photographic accountability! > > He down loads to my computer, tweaks a few and I've made some amazing > 8.5X11 prints on "Fine Art Matte paper!" That poo-pooos my whining about > these new Iphones and cameras. They still come down to..... "The talent > handling the gear!" > > I suppose if I had one I wouldn't be such a whiner about the useless waste > of time and observing life around me as I see daily by the thousands of > thousands of people. It still leaves me asking / wondering... "What did we > do before these gadgets came along?" > > The truth for me? I believe we were more engaged in real life > conversation. We observed and enjoyed our surroundings far more . Yes even > though we may have had a Leica on our shoulder? > > Or maybe I should just go back to bed and take this holiday weekend off?? > ;-) > > cheers, > ted > > PS: Watch for the IPHONE photos shortly. > > > > On a square in Florence: >> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154423250 >> >> Who's having more fun?! >> >> C&C greatly appreciated. >> >> Tina >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com