Agree! Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:04 AM Subject: Re: PUG: September open - suggestions for themes (next year) > > Personally I think there are already far too many themed galleries. > > I wasn't a great fan of the 'Synchronicity' concept when it was first > introduced, and by now it's an idea that is more than a little overworked. > > As can be seen by the way that many of the entrants play fast-and-loose > with the themes anyway, it's not a particularly serious restriction. So > why bother with it? > > I can see a few special-concept galleries during the year (maybe 3 or 4), > with perhaps more (or less) stringent rules on what is done post-exposure. > And the occasional concept them _does_ often force you to think outside > your normal photographic habits. But we've already lost 50% of the year > to themed galleries - that's more than enough. > > And while I'm sounding off: I'm strongly opposed to "Digital" as a theme. > I can capture exposures with film, or with a CCD sensor. I can manipulate > the image on my computer, or I can perform all sorts of tricks with cross- > processing, dodging, burning, and multiple exposures in the darkroom. The > end result should be what is judged, not the means used to get there. Not > to mention the fact that having a specific "Digital" gallery rather sends > the message that digital images are less welcome in other months. >
