End Results...

A friend sent me this following up on a discussion we had a few months back - not sure if it's heretical or not, but thought I'd post it for your perusal...

http://gordonmcgregor.blogspot.com/2008/04/art-is-verb.html

I find I take many more images than I process - actually I take many images I never really look at again after downloading...

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I guess this a variation on the theme that the journey is more important than the "getting there"

I dont knock it if someone enjoys it but I don't see the point myself.

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Peter



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We have a saying in Yorkshire;

"theres nowt so queer as folk"

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My Names Alan, and I'm a lensaholic.
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I go along with this to the extent that, for me, the most enjoyable part of photography is taking the pictures. I'm a bit of a techno-geek and I love using the camera. This is the reason I occasionally put a roll through my K1000 or ME-Super. I long ago gave up on any idea that they produced significantly better pictures than my DSLR, but using them is fun in a different way.

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you don't have to be mad to post here



but it does help

By that logic, maybe we can convince the world's militaries to start using blanks?
could be on to something...
But I still think it's hardly productive to snap a camera, and not ook at the results.

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Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.

I agree, even though I find taking the pictures is the bit I enjoy most, I wouldn't be able to justify or enjoy that part if there was no end result.

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you don't have to be mad to post here



but it does help

I agree wholeheartedly. I wasn't suggesting we all wipe our cards before downloading - I certainly won't be deleting any photos either, but I took the point of the article not to be "Don't look at your pictures" but more to mean "Enjoy the act of taking pictures - don't worry about the final results so much that it becomes a chore..."

Of course, photographers being paid for their work have to worry about the final product - it's their bread and butter - that IS their "chore" (though one would hope it's not UN-enjoyable...)

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Makinon 500mm Mirror

far as I'm concerned, there's only two types of client....
Those that are a pleasure to work with...and those that pay more.javascript:emoticon('')

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Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.