I blame the school system, (and television, and computers...) Bob Blakely wrote: > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > - Arthur C. Clarke > > Put the magic little card in the camera. Point the camera at anything, > anywhere. Press the thingy and, voila! The magic is performed. The camera > has become a witches cauldron for images. > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------------------------------------------- > “Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection.” > –Jean Luc Godard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I thought the era of arcane knowledge was just beginning, say the right > incantation and the picture appears. What is actually happening is > obscured by the technology. > > Bob Blakely wrote: > >> Barbarians! Sewing people together like garments! >> - Dr. (Bones) McCoy >> >> Remember when photography was about a light tight box with a lens to make >> it >> better than a pinhole and a shutter to control exposure (mainly)? You >> actually had to know something about light! You couldn't complain that the >> camera was at fault for a bad exposure or poor focus. When I bought my >> first >> SLR, a Pentax H1a, I had more fun than a child in a toy store. I learden >> about light the hard way. I got some pretty damn good shots back then too. >> Now here we are, reduced to whining and bickering about the capabilities >> (or >> lack thereof) of our cameras because they didn't do our job for us. >> Frankly, >> I think I was better of before light meters. At least I had more fun. >> >> When I see a comment on a PESO or such saying, "Perfect (or excellent, or >> spot on, or whatever) exposure.", I think... shit, so? >> >> I'm not saying that that's all photography is about, I'm just saying that >> the necessity for "arcane or specialized knowledge" is almost no more, and >> an era of magic has passed. >> >> Makes me sad to think of this... >> >> Regards, >> Bob... >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> "Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection." >> -Jean Luc Godard >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >>> Bob Blakely wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> "Will, sometimes there is nothing we can do but bow to the absurd." >>>> - Picard, again... >>>> >>>> >>> "I'm a physician, not a bricklayer!" >>> - Dr. McCoy >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> >> >> > > >
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