Can I ask all you members about something that perhaps goes beyond technique
and/or methodology? It may seem obvious and perhaps a bit naive of me to bring
up; but how much does a photographer's personality influence how and what they
pick to capture or tend to find themselves either trying to capture or are
attracted to when seeing/looking at others's images? Is it safe to make some
assumptions about the photographer by their chosen subject matter that they
choose to display? The question jumped into my mind yesterday while I was
looking through Bill Abbott's LUG galleries after coming off Dave Sanford's
images.
Bill's subject matter and sense of composition just seemed so calm and precise
as opposed to Dave's dramatic/dangerous and precise. I thought back to Peter's
recent travel images from Spain in comparison to Bill's and then thought about
Arams' travel images. I have enjoyed them all but I have no clue as to the
personalities behind the camera. I can make assumptions, but for those of you
who know the photographers does their subject matter that they choose to
display give a window into their personalities? I'm reminded of a physician, an
eye-surgeon, saying to me years ago that he felt that there was a distinct
difference in personalities in different fields of medicine. An eye-specialist
compared to an orthopedic surgeon compared to a pediatrician. Not that there
was qualitative difference in ability, just that the quiet introspective
personalities seemed to dominate eye-surgery as opposed to the more energetic
extroverted personalities in orthopedic surgery.
For those of you who know each other and perhaps photographers not on this list
intimately, their personalities, their sense of humor, their sense of
color/composition, could you look at an image without any attribution and make
an informed guess as to the photographer in the same sense as tasting a wine
"blind"( no indication by label or other attribution) and working through the
components and structure make a guess as to source and variety/blend? Does Dr.
Ted have a distinctive style that someone familiar with could pick out from
other photographers much like someone who intimately enjoys Merlot could pick
out a Right Bank Bordeaux from a selection of Merlot wines?
Best regards to all,Peter Stevens
From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:39 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Old files
Peter,
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, more to come.
And thank you for info about Mr. Sanford, the Lake Erie photographer. Those are
incredible pictures that were made under dangerous conditions. Not for me!
Bill
On Jan 17, 2016, at 11:11, Peter Stevens (Redacted sender "fritzj3" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you, Bill.That is a wonderful image. Have any more? :)
This link below is a little off-the-ranch since it comes from someone who may
or may not be a member to this list; but I just saw the images attached to his
mini-profile and they are spectacular. Please take a look when you have a
moment - it will be time well spent.The description of his technique definitely
fits David Young's "suit-up-and-go-get-'em" approach to photography. :)
Lake Erie can get extremely violent and these are the photos to prove it
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From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 9:26 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Old files
Dear friends,
Ted suggested looking through old files and this may not be what he had in mind
but… here goes.
This is one of several photos I made of airplanes at our local airport, Peter
O. Knight Airport, with my first camera, a Kodak Vigilant Six-20.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/wbabbott3/vigilant/
Cameras, film and supplies had just come back on the market after the cessation
of hostilities in September of 1945 and my brother and I, ages 15 and 13, built
a darkroom in the garage and began our new hobby, following in the footsteps of
our father, who was a newspaper reporter and occasional photographer.
The red filter was for the ever present Florida clouds and we used it a lot.
The rest is history. More later.
Bill------
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