RE: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bipin Gupta wrote: Bipin, I think I might be one of the ones who doesn't share these views. 1. It is more about equipment than we'd like to admit and smart kids. No. It really isn't. The last couple of years have shown me that. I've been playing with a K7 again in the last couple of days and

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I didn't quite get that far before realizing that it was stupid to waste any further time reading the piece, although I did read through it for the exercise of being able to critique. I don't find any of the author's truths uncomfortable or even related to what I do with my photography. It's

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Well, at least the uncomfortable part was true. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Bruce Walker
This came to mind ... You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. ~ Psycho Killer; Talking Heads On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Well, at least the uncomfortable part was true. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread P.J. Alling
I got to point 2. about half way through I realized he didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Changing contrast is an old technique, too high a contrast range wouldn't reproduce well in newspapers. Cropping and manipulating images has always happened, often on the editorial level

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Brian Walters
I stopped reading at the first 'fucking'. Well, that's not right. I made it as far as the second one. I'm not adverse to using the F word but if this guy can't get the message across by reasoned argument then I can't be bothered reading it. Cheers Brian

Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-22 Thread Bipin Gupta
This great little piece landed in my Inbox today from my school mate in Canada. This could be a tribute to all us great or not so great Photographers. Read on folks. You will love it or hate it. The choice is yours. But do share some feedback - either way. Regards. Bipin. 1. It is more

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-22 Thread Larry Colen
He has some good points, but he comes off as a dick with a stick up his ass that's so big and thorny one wonders how he sits down. Bipin Gupta wrote: This great little piece landed in my Inbox today from my school mate in Canada. This could be a tribute to all us great or not so great