Cotty wrote:
I'll take the AK47, the Republicans while more organized than the Democrats still haven't gotten around to creating aWell, I have a winner, but sadly he was not from this list. In fact he was from the EOS list, which ironically is far less active than the PDML. Could it be that a Canon shooter had the brains, the nouse, the inclination to have a go at a photo-quiz?? Surely not. He wins the book and it's in the post.
Meanwhile, here's his answers.
Honourable mention: Bob W :-)
I have a copy of Martin Evening's excellent book 'Adobe Photoshop 7 for Photographers' to give away for just the cost of the postage. Includes interactive CD ROM (Mac/Win). All you have to do is answer all the following photography and trivia questions correctly. Answers can be found on the web. All correct entries into the hat, first drawn out wins.
Closing date midnight Sunday 6th March (GMT).
1) Who wanted the name and address of 'that lonely elevator girl' in The Americans ?
Jack Kerouac. I love that picture, to me it speaks to the utter depersonification of so many jobs.
2) How many bottles of wine is Michel Gabriel carrying?
Two very large ones :)
3) What does the 'RB' mean in 'Mamiya RB67' ?
rotating back
4) Vanfleteren and Huber - which was mono and which was colour?
Just like you have them listed. Huber was a "colorful" guy.
5) Who said 'I don't believe in God, but women and trees are proof of his existence' ?
Jean Sieff
6) What year was the courthouse in Mariposa erected and which famous landscape photographer captured it?
1854, Ansel Adams
7) What is the Canon EOS mount [film] register distance in millimetres?
According to our host WJM, 44mm
8) Name a famous Jewish portrait photographer from the Big Apple who snapped Picasso once or twice.
Arnold Newman
9) Who photographed Sharbat Gula and when? And when again?
Steve McCurry.
The first picture was taken in a (Peshawar) Pakistani refugee camp in 1984, and the picture went on to become fabulously popular after its' appearance on the cover of National Geographic, but Steve had no idea what became of his subject. In 2001, he learned that the camp was going to be closed to make room for a new housing project, and he began to search earnestly for his prize subject. Finally, he was able to meet her through her brother, and to photograph her again.
The original photo appeared on the June, 1985 cover, and the second one was on the April, 2002 cover. I have both of them.
The thing that amazes most people is that she was only 13 when the first picture was taken. Most assume she was an adult. I'm still fascinated every time I look at her expression of distance and resignation. It almost yells "Why are you here taking my picture, you have no comprehension of my life and future".
Definitely one of my favorite photos from the time I've spent taking
pictures, it's always an inspiration to think that such a picture is
possible.
10) If you reduce the lens aperture, what do you get more of?
Depth of field. You also get more dark :)
the ability to look beyond the subject and capture the message. I like toTie-breaker :-)
What single thing do you consider to be the most important element of photography?
think of it as turning nouns into adjectives.
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So there you have it - next week, I'm offering an AK47, a Republican
Party manifesto, and a morning-after pill as prizes. See you then :-)
manifesto, and I don't need no stinkin' pills.
Cheers, Cotty
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