On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:41:15PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:03:05PM -0800, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > >Connell wrote a few books. One called "About Photography" was > >published in 1949. I was given a copy by Will Jr. and I enjoyed it > >thoroughly. A number of aphorisms stand out. Here's a good one: > > > >"Every medium suffers from its own particular handicap. > >Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as > >such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn > >to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." > > So true. I like that guy.
As I threatened, I snagged it for my .sig, but upon reflection it occurs to me that my goal right now is not so much to have something to say, but to gain the skills to say it well. -- Every medium suffers from its own particular handicap. Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." W. Connell 1949 Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
