While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach - a young woman asked me:
Why do you take pictures?
Out of nowhere, I came upp with this (rather arrogant) answer: Because I'm a
photographer.
I expected her to give me problems or to follow up on the question - but she
didn't. To my big surprise,
Okay, then, so why are you a photographer?
Rick
--- Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach -
> a young woman asked me:
> Why do you take pictures?
> Out of nowhere, I came upp with this (rather
> arrogant) answer: Because I'm a
> photographer.
That's easy.
"So I can take pictures"
Dave
On 7/6/06, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, then, so why are you a photographer?
>
> Rick
>
> --- Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach -
> > a young woman asked me:
> > Why do you t
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Okay, then, so why are you a photographer?
Rick
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To take pictures.
Marnie aka Doe Hehehe. Couldn't resist.
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> Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 02:20:14 GMT
> To: pdml@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: OT: Why do you take pictures?
>
> In a message dated 7/6/2006 6:12:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Okay, then, so why are yo
Jens Bladt wrote:
>
> While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach - a young woman asked me:
> Why do you take pictures?
> Out of nowhere, I came upp with this (rather arrogant) answer: Because I'm a
> photographer.
> I expected her to give me problems or to follow up on the question - but s
Jens Bladt wrote:
>
> While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach - a young woman
> asked me:
> Why do you take pictures?
> Out of nowhere, I came upp with this (rather arrogant) answer:
> Because I'm a
> photographer.
> I expected her to give me problems or to follow up on the question
Hi!
> Jens Bladt wrote:
>> While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach - a young woman asked me:
>> Why do you take pictures?
>> Out of nowhere, I came upp with this (rather arrogant) answer: Because I'm a
>> photographer.
>> I expected her to give me problems or to follow up on the questio
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Emne: Re: OT: Why do you take pictures?
Hi!
> Jens Bladt wrote:
>> While doing
Jens Bladt wrote:
> Actually, it is a very good question.
> I believe many people (consumers) only take pictures, when ever there's a
> family event to remember - a birthday or some sort of family get together.
> And they only photograph people they know. So, when I'm photographing
> strangers, the
[...]
> Once a famous photographer, who died suddenly, left behind
> thousands of
> photographs showing a white cup.
> The journalists started to wonder why. They began
> speculations abuot weather
> the photographer had gone mad or perhaps was looking for
> some mystery - a
> message form the
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Emne: RE: OT: Why do you take pictures?
[...]
> Once a famous photographer, who died suddenly, left behind
> thousands of
> photographs showing a white cup.
> The journalists started to wonder why. They began
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> I can't say that I disagree.
> As I have said - I'm not an artist - art is not my ambition.
>
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Subject: RE: OT: Why do you take pictures?
> The lesson I learned was, that lots of people don't look at the
> photographs
> as such. They look at the people IN the photographs. Photographs as such
> are
> not at al
Gawd yes! (remembering slide shows of certain friends' vacations) There
was ~always~ one or the other standing rigidly in front of some tourist
attraction or scene. And the narrative, with every slide, would be "This
is Cathy standing in front of ..." "Here's Ron in front of ..." as if we,
the
But so few people make a good meatloaf these days anyway...
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>Gawd yes! (remembering slide shows of certain friends' vacations) There
>was ~always~ one or the other standing rigidly in front of some tourist
>attraction or scene. And the narrative, with every slide, would
> The lesson I learned was, that lots of people don't look at the photographs
> as such. They look at the people IN the photographs. Photographs as such are
> not at all interesting - to most people. A good photograph is a photograph
> that shows a relative or a friend the way the he or she wants t
I do not have internet at home, so I do all my trolling at work, and I
am frequently asked when looking at PESO's why I am looking at a
picture of a dead tree, or a barn or whatever.
Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
it also do video?"
And right after that I was
oh, and to answer the question i don't know, maybe because it's
fun to create, and i can't paint either.
russell
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Russell Kerstetter
> Sent: 08 July 2006 22:01
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> Subject: Re: OT: Why do you take pictures?
>
> I do not have internet at home, so I do all my
Jens Bladt wrote:
>
> I can't say that I disagree.
> As I have said - I'm not an artist - art is not my ambition.
> Still some journalistic photographs may very well be regarded as art. Like
> my favorite example "American Girl in Italy", by Ruth Orkin.
> It's so brilliant I initially thought it w
In a message dated 7/8/2006 2:03:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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I do not have internet at home, so I do all my trolling at work, and I
am frequently asked when looking at PESO's why I am looking at a
picture of a dead tree, or a barn or whatever.
Also, when I got my DL, on
On 8/7/06, Russell Kerstetter, discombobulated, unleashed:
>to me trolling has two connotations: a troll, but also poking about
>hoping to find something interesting, like when fishing
>
>but according to the wikipedia, there is only the one
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
I think
These fish are HUGE, aren't they?
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Emne: Re: OT: Why do you
yes, these fish ARE huge!
> I think you mean 'trawling' ?
yes, but it's much more fun to say 'trolling' :)
russell
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> Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
> it also do video?"
Similar thing happened to Nate when a friend was looking at his DSLR:
"Yours can't do video? Oh. I thought yours was more advanced than
mine." *sigh* He had one of those SLR-type digicams.
Amita
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I have a Sony video camera with a 3.1 megapixel CCD that takes decent
stills. I consider that a good thing. But I don't want a still camera
that shoots video.
Paul
On Jul 9, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Amita Guha wrote:
>> Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
>> it also d
On Jul 8, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Russell Kerstetter wrote:
> Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
> it also do video?"
I actually had someone say "oh, too bad... MY camera can make videos."
And they went on to tell me all about their megapixels and blah blah
blah.
On 9/7/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I have a Sony video camera with a 3.1 megapixel CCD that takes decent
>stills. I consider that a good thing. But I don't want a still camera
>that shoots video.
Oh, absolutely not. My phone does that.
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> From: Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/07/10 Mon AM 03:25:43 GMT
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> Subject: Re: OT: Why do you take pictures?
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Russell Kerstetter wrote:
>
> > Also, when I got my DL,
On 7/10/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/7/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >I have a Sony video camera with a 3.1 megapixel CCD that takes decent
> >stills. I consider that a good thing. But I don't want a still camera
> >that shoots video.
>
> Oh, absolutely not. My
On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:48 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> "You meet the most approachable people with a Pentax". Even the 67 is
> not an intimidating camera.
Not until I raise it above my head to strike 'em down, anyways.
-Aaron
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On 7/9/06, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
> > it also do video?"
>
> Similar thing happened to Nate when a friend was looking at his DSLR:
> "Yours can't do video? Oh. I thought yours was more advanced than
> mine." *si
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On 7/9/06, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
> >
I guess I have no impulse control. I would have.
Scott Loveless wrote:
>On 7/9/06, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>>Also, when I got my DL, one fo the first questions I was asked: "Can
>>>it also do video?"
>>>
>>>
>>Similar thing happened to Nate when a friend was looking at
Why do i take pictures.
Well the horses make me money.
However...
I take my personal photos for probably this reason. I tend to find myself
living in the
past, or wanting to
live in the past, so to speak. I don't take well to changes, radical or not.
Stouffville
is getting a Wal-Mart. I
m hav
On 7/10/06, Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The day a young male wearing black mascara and a noose around his neck
> approached me because he thought my hair was "sick" and wanted to know how I
> did it was the day I decided that I needed a new haircut.
>
> -Aaron
LOL
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> From: "Russell Kerstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/07/08 Sat PM 09:01:21 GMT
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> I do not have internet at home, so I do all my trolling at work, and I
>
> P.S. I think you mean surfing or maybe browsing, not trolling..
yes i suppose you are correct
to me trolling has two connotations: a troll, but also poking about
hoping to find something interesting, like when fishing
but according to the wikipedia, there is only the one
http://en.wikipe
There's magic about pentax DSLR. Someone heard sumthin about *istDL
flash being useless, they go and shoot entire evening with flashes, here
and there, while I made birthday photos that didn't blind nobody and are
truly a work of art. It's fun to see all these other camera guys shutup
when they
Hello Roman,
Sometimes available light can be truly wonderful - conveying the true
ambience of the situation, as you have ably demonstrated. Thanks for
sharing these.
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Monday, July 10, 2006, 4:36:05 AM, you wrote:
R> There's magic about pentax DSLR. Someone heard sumthi
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