Re: That article on me

[Subash Jeyan]

congratulations Larry, for the article and the exhibition.

On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 18:15:29 -0800
Larry Colen  wrote:

> The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.
> 
> https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/
> 
> I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I
> put my mind to it.
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Re: That article on me

[Larry Colen]

Thank you Dan, Alan, John, John, Bill, Ann, Artie and everyone else who 
looked and/or commented.


Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 12/4/21 8:23 AM:

CONGRATULATIONS!

I am quite impressed.

That is a really nice article, very personal and very pro-Pentax!   The


They asked about my photographic journey and my equipment.  So that's 
what I came up with.


images are superior as well.  


Thank you. I tried to pick some good ones.

If folks are curious about what I submitted for them to choose from, 
that would be this album:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157720069874331

They also wanted a link to my work, unfortunately they just pointed to 
my flickr account rather than one of my better sets of photos.  The last 
gazillion photos I had posted were proofs of my selfies so friends could 
help pick ones that sucked less.  I wanted less sucky shots to be what 
people saw so I cheated, selected my 5-star photos from lightroom and 
posted them in an album so those would be what someone going to my 
flickr feed would see first.  I'm not sure why some of them got a 5 star 
rating, but it's better than folks seeing my ugly mug.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157720202650979

The two forest images make me think of Robert
Frost:  "Whose wood these are, I think I know." 


Thank you, the first photo shot (fall colors) was one I took when we 
were showing the Coyles around.



The comet shot is simply
spectacular.  


If you look off to the right side, directly below Andromeda in the 
branches of the tree you can also see a meteor.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50159663928/in/album-72157720069874331/


My favorite, however, is the Felton Covered Bridge;  great
work indeed.  I tried to get a nice image of it when I was there with John,
and it is a difficult subject that you certainly made the most of.


Thank you, there's a funny story about that.  I had gone down there to 
photograph the bridge with holiday lights.  I had just gotten my camera 
set up and ready to go, when they turned off all of the lights.


I set it for a 30 second exposure (to catch the stars) and walked down 
the inside of the bridge firing my flash a few times to illuminate it. I 
got a much better photo than the one that I meant to.



As to my being an exhibited photographer, there isn't a lot to it, a 
friend has a restaurant and needed some artwork for the walls, he saw my 
stuff and asked if I was interested.  A lot of restaurants and coffee 
shops do this with local artists, generally the trick is going to them 
and asking if they're interested.




On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:15 PM Larry Colen  wrote:


The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.

https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/


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Re: That article on me

[Daniel J. Matyola]

CONGRATULATIONS!

I am quite impressed.

That is a really nice article, very personal and very pro-Pentax!   The
images are superior as well.  The two forest images make me think of Robert
Frost:  "Whose wood these are, I think I know."  The comet shot is simply
spectacular.  My favorite, however, is the Felton Covered Bridge;  great
work indeed.  I tried to get a nice image of it when I was there with John,
and it is a difficult subject that you certainly made the most of.

We all should be proud of you.

Dan Matyola
*https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:15 PM Larry Colen  wrote:

> The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.
>
> https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/
>
> I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I put
> my mind to it.
>
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RE: That article on me

[jcoyle]

No sucks in that lot Larry, and a good write-up: Now I can say I know an 
exhibited photographer!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: That article on me

I will say that a major reason that my photography sucks a lot less than it 
otherwise would have is the PDML, specifically reading people’s critique of 
each others work the first few years that I was active on the list.  

Having people who will tell you when your work sucks is very valuable, but not 
nearly as valuable as having them tell you why, and how to make it suck less.

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Re: That article on me

[Larry Colen]

I will say that a major reason that my photography sucks a lot less than it 
otherwise would have is the PDML, specifically reading people’s critique of 
each others work the first few years that I was active on the list.  

Having people who will tell you when your work sucks is very valuable, but not 
nearly as valuable as having them tell you why, and how to make it suck less.

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Re: That article on me

[Larry Colen]

> On Dec 3, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> On Fri., Dec. 3, 2021, 8:15 p.m. Larry Colen,  wrote:
> 
>> The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.
>> 
>> https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/
>> 
>> I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I put
>> my mind to it.
>> 
> 
> I was impressed by how pretentious you can be just by being yourself.

Thank you so much. That’s quite a compliment coming from such a master at the 
art.


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Re: That article on me

[John Sessoms]

I knew you had it in you.

On 12/3/2021 9:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.

https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/

I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I put my 
mind to it.

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Re: That article on me

[ann sanfedele]

Can I say I know you now? :-)

good luck with the show -- hope you sell stuff

ann

On 12/3/2021 9:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.

https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/

I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I put my 
mind to it.

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Re: That article on me

[Bill]

On Fri., Dec. 3, 2021, 8:15 p.m. Larry Colen,  wrote:

> The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.
>
> https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/
>
> I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I put
> my mind to it.
>

I was impressed by how pretentious you can be just by being yourself.

HAR!!

You have to admit you left yourself open for that one.

Cheers

bill

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That article on me

[Larry Colen]

The article that got me off my butt to do the show came out today.

https://slvpost.com/photography-larry-colen/

I think you folks may be impressed by how pretentious I can be when I put my 
mind to it.

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