Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-07 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila Sent: April 7, 2012 4/7/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street? oo, I like that Presidio too, Ann. Tha

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-07 Thread Christine Aguila
s-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore_presidio_full.html >> >> then yes, they should be sending their work off to Steichen. That is one of >> the best photos I've seen. Period. Small person and all... >> >> ;-) >> >> cheers, >> frank >> &

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ork off to Steichen. That is one of the best photos I've seen. Period. Small person and all... ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker Sent: April 6, 2012 4/6/12

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On 4/6/2012 6:27 PM, Rick Womer wrote: The Stephen Shore stuff on the link you posted wouldn't even compost properly. I wasn't very favorably impressed with most of it myself. I figured that it didn't survive the translation from an 8x10 contact print to an 800 pixel screen

RE: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-07 Thread John Coyle
urday, 7 April 2012 11:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street? > BTW: Stephen Shore once browsed Flickr and declared it all shit. So > that about wraps it up I guess. Good thing I've got some stuff over at > 500px. ;-) A

RE: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-07 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Bruce Walker > > Certainly not to pick on you Frank, but with your words in mind have a > look at the work of this celebrated photog, Stephen Shore, who has won > more accolades and awards than the entire PDML population s

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-06 Thread Larry Colen
x27;s just me, what do I know? Enough to have a photographic style named after you. ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: April 1, 2012 4/1/12 To: "

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-06 Thread Rick Womer
The Stephen Shore stuff on the link you posted wouldn't even compost properly. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Is it street photography, if there

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-06 Thread Stan Halpin
On Apr 6, 2012, at 7:45 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > > And if anyone on this list could consistently produce work like this: > > http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore_presidio_full.html > > then yes, they should be sending their work off to Steichen. That is one of > th

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-06 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
s one of the best photos I've seen. Period. Small person and all... ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker Sent: April 6, 2012 4/6/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-06 Thread Bruce Walker
can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Larry Colen > Sent: April 1, 2012 4/1/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Is it street photography, if there is no street? > > There are worse thing

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah the curse of a modern liberal arts education... On 4/1/2012 4:54 AM, Larry Colen wrote: There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two blocks from the beach, at sunset. I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it into two sets. In these I was practi

RE: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
d without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: April 1, 2012 4/1/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Is it street photography, if there is no street? There are worse things than having an hour to kill

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:18 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Larry Colen > >> >> There are several shots in here with a group of college age kids, 153-154 >> and 230-232. Shortly after shooting 154, I noticed one of them had a camera >> and got to chatting with them. One of the girls told me he

RE: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two blocks from the beach, at sunset. I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it into two sets. In these I was practicing my "street photography", trying to capture people at the decisive m

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 4/1/2012 3:54 AM, Larry Colen wrote: There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two blocks from the beach, at sunset. I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it into two sets. In these I was practicing my "street photography", trying to capture peop

RE: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > Sent: 01 April 2012 10:49 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street? > > > On Apr 1, 20

Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:37 AM, Bob W wrote: > You're too far away from them (cf Bob Capa's quote). There's no sense of > engagement or involvement in the situation. Interesting, I was trying to have the people as elements of the photo, rather than the subject. It sounds as if it didn't work. Th

RE: Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread Bob W
; To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Is it street photography, if there is no street? > > There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two > blocks from the beach, at sunset. > > I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it i

Is it street photography, if there is no street?

2012-04-01 Thread Larry Colen
There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two blocks from the beach, at sunset. I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it into two sets. In these I was practicing my "street photography", trying to capture people at the decisive moment, sometimes shoo