Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > In a message dated 1/23/2005 11:58:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It is art, and if the rules were so well defined then I'd be doing > something else. > > j > ========== > Sorry, I worded what I said a bit too strongly. Didn't mean it quite the > way > it came out. Thanks for sharing your example. > > I agree -- there are no rules in art. And I tend to view photography as an > > art form, not just a technical/mechanical thing. And if there are rules (I > can > think of one at least, the rule of thirds), well, then -- rules are made to > be > broken. Especially in art. > > OTOH, it does seem a bit retro to use a new medium (digital) to ape and old > > medium (B&W grain). Nothing wrong with it, but maybe a new medium should > bring > forth new expressions/techniques/impressions/textures -- whatever. > > Marnie Drat. I really don't know what I am talking about. :-) >
Marnie, I for one think you do know what you're talking about, and that's because as far as I can see, you're saying the same thing I am. In my own posts on the subject, I tried (and hope I managed) to make clear that I was expressing my own tastes and preferences. Not a dogmatic "should" or "shouldn't" but "I personally don't see the point of ... " and "I personally do not like ... " ERNR
