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Subject: [Leica] My Zone System Days
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:15:42 +0200
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Adam,

Thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts, it?s very kind of you! 
Me, as all the friends here, I?m after a lot of years handling cameras, on 
my case I?ve start more than 50 years ago? it is normal that I still have a 
certain quantity of images I?ve never share with the the LUG, unfortunately, 
those from the 50?s and the 60?s the negatives are missed, I only keep some 
small copies I?ve scanned. I hope have the time to share them with the LUG

Cheers
Lluis





> El 21/10/2015, a les 18:56, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> va 
> escriure:
> 
> I can really relate to your thoughts about exercises for the Zone System, 
> Lluis, and precisely how doing this kind of work is like doing finger 
> exercises and scales for piano. I used to love doing Hannon finger 
> exercises. They took focus and, as one progresses through the book(s) (I 
> didn?t really do more than the first one) the early ones yield a kind 
> meditation that flow one to the next. 
> 
> Unfortunately I suffer from severe performance anxiety and could hardly 
> stand to do them if anyone was in the house, even my wife. Or especially 
> my wife. The same level of anxiety keeps me from even contemplating 
> attempting to find a gallery to show my photography. I?d die. Having it up 
> in my home is bad enough.
> 
> I enjoyed your image. I?d have to see a print, though, because I?m 
> convinced that images like this one can only really be seen and evaluated 
> as prints, probably matted.
> 
> Thank you for sharing your thoughts and most especially your work which 
> continues to inspire.
> 
> Adam
> 
>>> On 18 Oct 2015, at 19:40, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography 
>>> at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In the 80?s I was learning and doing a lot of exercises of the the Zone 
>>> System, I recognize it was an excellent apprenticeship for learning and 
>>> acquire practice estimating the light, B&W, developing. Now I compare 
>>> this time as the are arpeggios exercises for a pianist, the necessary 
>>> exercises to forget the technique when is playing.
>>> 
>>> This picture is te scan from a print I?ve do on my Darkroom in Ilford 
>>> Gallery No.1, I want scan the negative and try to improve the contrasts, 
>>> when I have more time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Toll, El Brugent River, La Riba (Tarragona) 
>>> 
>>> Please view large
>>> 
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Zone+System+Days/1984040219PLLR5.jpg.html>
>>> 
>>> Leica R3, Super Angulon 21mm f4, Film Technical Pan 2415  ISO25, 
>>> developed in Technidol L.C., with pre-weting and interrupted developing 
>>> resting 1 min. in water.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for looking!
>>> 
>>> Saludos cordiales 
>>> Lluis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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