Let's put it more bluntly, this is a Pentax Camera list. The photography techniques are somewhat off-topic, and the photo-aesthetic stuff is completely off topic and actually belongs on some other list. The PDML has always been very tolerant of off-topic posts, but the suggestion that the on-topic stuff should be eliminated because someone is not interested in it is so far out it is rather humorous.
-graywolf Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 11/01/07, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, let me then amend my post: I think he's more a technician than a >> photographer concerned with the aesthetics and creativity involved in >> photographing a subject. I believe Mr.Papanfuss has stated that as well, >> at least to some degree. >> >> Further - and this just may be me - I don't recall ever seeing any of his >> photographs posted here, although he does talk a lot of technical stuff. > > I guess given that it's a photographic list in which the participants > have essentially come together on the basis of a brand of equipment > then you have to expect a reasonable amount of purely technical > discussion. If it were a street shooters list I'd expect the technical > content to be less prevalent, though it may not be the case. And IMHO > the fact that someone elects not to share their images with the list > shouldn't deny them the label of photographer. There could be hundreds > of reasons why it's not appropriate or it could be down to simple a > lack of confidence. > >> IMO, one may record a scene and be considered a photographer by some - and >> maybe just holding a camera and pushing the button makes one a photographer >> - but I think there's more to it than that, that some creativity beyond >> just recording a scene and looking for an accurate color reproduction >> contributes to the making of a photographer. But then, I have often been >> called an elitist snob > > Consider St Ansel, his style of technical picture making quite easily > fits your criterion of what you may allude to as a not necessarily a > photographer, however as you know for some that would be a near > blasphemous suggestion :-) > >> Of course, Rob, you're very technically oriented, and might that not color >> your opinions just as my limited technical expertise may color mine? > > I generally strive to manage to produce images that may be interesting > to myself and potentially an audience and so I obviously have to > consider the artsy side of the equation whilst capturing the image. > However the areas of image making that I have control over I like to > exercise full control over. I can't understand why anyone who has made > a great effort to capture an image wouldn't wish to ensure that it was > treated optimally throughout the remainder of the image making process > should it be viable for them. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
