Re: "Real" photographers as Jeff sees them


David (adin@frontier.net)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:42:33 -0600


Dan,
The correct exposure is: (always was and forever more will be) just enough,
but not too much.
(haha)
Thanks for the grins @ APIS

David

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> From: DanPhoto@aol.com
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: "Real" photographers as Jeff sees them
> Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 12:04 PM
>
> Jeffrey Mathias said:
>
> >REAL photographers don't ask those
> >questions. Real photographers are interested in the art of
> >photography.
>
> I beg to differ with you, Jeff. Lots of "real" photographers are
> interested in ALL the aspects of image-making. Are you forgetting that
> many of us have chosen photography because it is the perfect hybrid of
> craft AND art?
>
> To suggest that "artists" shun discussions of hardware and technique is
> simply mistaken. And to take offense at questions from other
> photographers does two things: it possibly insults the interested
> parties, and it just may hint at your trying to represent the process of
> photography as some metaphysical purist pursuit that isn't grounded in a
> reality where vision, chemistry, hardware and inspiration all work
> together to create new and exciting images.
>
> My two cents. By the way, what were your exposure times running when you
> were shooting in that Santa Fe park? Ha!
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Burkholder
> PO Box 111877
> Carrolton, TX 75011-1877
> USA
> www.danburkholder.com



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