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2021-03-24 Thread John
One problem I have is I can SEE the good photos in a scene, but I can't seem to capture them. My images don't satisfy me when I compare them to the scenes they represent. On 3/23/2021 23:19:29, Alan C wrote: There are some among us who have plenty of imagination or "The Photographer's Eye" as

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2021-03-24 Thread John
oto - and sometimes I'm up to the job! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:21 AM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: for discussion My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.

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2021-03-24 Thread John
On 3/23/2021 10:20:43, David J Brooks wrote: My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.?? Dave the confused camera guy How often does Phyllis Rawlinson Park come knock on your door & ask "Can Dave come out to play?" -- Science - Ques

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2021-03-24 Thread David Mann
On Mar 24, 2021, at 4:19 PM, Alan C wrote: > Mobile 'phones (the modern equivalent of the Brownie Box camera) can save the > day when the camera is languishing at home. Now there's an opportuniy for > Ricoh-Pentax! I found it interesting that my DSLR largely sat on the shelf since my daughter

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2021-03-23 Thread Alan C
There are some among us who have plenty of imagination or "The Photographer's Eye" as they say. Sadly, I seem to be lacking in that dep't and in the end it boils down to pot luck. Mobile 'phones (the modern equivalent of the Brownie Box camera) can save the day when the camera is languishing at

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2021-03-23 Thread jcoyle
;m up to the job! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:21 AM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: for discussion My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.?? Dave the confused c

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2021-03-23 Thread Bob Pdml
Similarly, Garry Winogrand, I think, said he took photographs because he wanted to see what things looked like in photographs. > On 23 Mar 2021, at 19:05, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >  "I just [take pictures] because the camera is something to carry around in > my pocket." Andy Warhol > > Da

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2021-03-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
"I just [take pictures] because the camera is something to carry around in my pocket." Andy Warhol Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:21 AM David J Brooks wrote: > My philosophical question of the year, do

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2021-03-23 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 23, 2021, at 7:20 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or > does the photo look for us.?? mu -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net

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2021-03-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:43 PM Doug Brewer wrote: > The proper answer is "it depends." > leave my bowel souta this.:-) > > > > On 3/23/21 10:20 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or > > does the photo look for us.?? > > > > Dave

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2021-03-23 Thread Doug Brewer
The proper answer is "it depends." On 3/23/21 10:20 AM, David J Brooks wrote: My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.?? Dave the confused camera guy -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le.

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2021-03-23 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 23.03.21 um 17:22 schrieb Bob Pdml: Yes, but it will be like the sound of one hand clapping. MARK! -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- %(real_name)s

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2021-03-23 Thread Bob Pdml
On 23 Mar 2021, at 16:09, Bulent Celasun wrote: > >  >> >> Photographs are like love. >> Often, we find each other when we least expect to. >> >> bill > > Can ve still MARK ? > > Bulent Yes, but it will be like the sound of one hand clapping. > --

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2021-03-23 Thread Bulent Celasun
>Photographs are like love. >Often, we find each other when we least expect to. > >bill Can ve still MARK ? Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.ne

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2021-03-23 Thread Bill
Photographs are like love. Often, we find each other when we least expect to. bill On Tue., Mar. 23, 2021, 8:21 a.m. David J Brooks, wrote: > My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or > does the photo look for us.?? > > Dave the confused camera guy > > -- > Documen

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2021-03-23 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not at all sure what that question means, but: Unless I'm shooting something like a still life, or a formal portrait, or made a conscious effort to shoot something special, my process which includes my thought process is;     1.) I see something I want to photograph.     2.) Do I have eq

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2021-03-23 Thread Bob Pdml
The photo and the photographer are one. > On 23 Mar 2021, at 14:21, David J Brooks wrote: > > My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or > does the photo look for us.?? > > Dave the confused camera guy > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmo

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2021-03-23 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 23.03.21 um 15:20 schrieb David J Brooks: My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.?? In America, photographer looks for photo. In Soviet Russia photo gets photographer locked up. -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog

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2021-03-23 Thread David J Brooks
My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.?? Dave the confused camera guy -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mai