The one (or actually two) sentence(s) I liked today came from Bill Beebe. He wrote, on Matthew’s ‘thew’s reviews:
“Using this lens strips away all vanity and pretense. It makes photographs, not a statement.”
This is so right. I often have the impression that since we’ve got digital, we “pixel-peep”, instead of seeing the photograph. And sometimes, I’m guilty of that as well.
The article I liked most today so far was/is from Scott Bourne, on his ‘Photofocus’ site. I especially liked his Nr. 2 of the ‘Five Things I Love About Photography’ article.
But it goes on. His Nr. 3 lists something he calls “memory protection”; something Kirk Tuck called:
I commented on that article before. And yes, to get back to Scott, maybe that is one of the strongest reasons of taking/making a photograph you could possibly think of:
“And the pictures you make today can be touchstones for the memories you will crave and enjoy later.”
Thanks for reading.
I too, really liked the Scott Bourne article. The “memory protection” concept is a very compelling reason to continue to photograph. I think of it as my “visual memory”.
Right Gregg. We like to see Zuleikha’s baby photos from time to time, and even she finds these cute. Almost all of them were taken with a small point & shoot, but who cares?
See more of those on Mitchie’s page…
Wow, that’s some kind of on-line baby book that you folks have for your little girl, Zuleikha. I hope that there is a way to keep it in a format that she will be able to show to her children!
Hehe thanks Gregg! Her new one isn’t updated that frequently anymore, and I just discovered that the picture links there don’t work. Will ask Mitchie (the maintainer and writer) tomorrow…