charles_stobbs3 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Many of your photos will be blurred at one hundredt(h) of a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 <p>I came across the paragraph yesterday because my wife found a 1966 Dec issue of Life magazine. The entire magazine was devoted to photography. I liked this paragraph when I read it and wanted to share it with you all. The author was not listed for some reason. Anyway the entire magazine is great. Some of your responses are most interesting.. Tomorrow I am going to the thrift shop myself and pick up a few more old issues. One thing that really impressed me was the photography in the magazine is much nicer then in modern magazines.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_stephens Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 <p>The thread, taken as a work in itself, is like a (very) short story in form - character development, plot and all. I really enjoyed reading it through. There was a beginning, a tense middle, and a catharsis. Brilliant.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p>I admire Jeff Spirer's photography and his work as a moderator (despite the fact that he's whacked me a few times).</p> <p>If "over the top" and "rose colored glasses" and "hyperbolic style" become uncool, who will buy Photoshop? </p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p>I am sorry I posted the paragraph. I will have to think about it and decide if I belong here.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake_schwalbe Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p>Ross, why would you say that? This is a forum -- the more points of view the better. Otherwise if everyone thought alike, what kind of a forum would it be? It's nice many times to feel part of a community, even if it's only online in this case for most people. Sometimes everyone agrees, and you feel as if you have like people around that you can talk to. Other times people disagree or may even seem hostile, although it's hard to tell from forum postings. I read forum postings from one of my old professors in college (not on here), and he is one of the most cultured and kind people I've known, but he sounds like a lunatic online for some reason. Not on purpose.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake_schwalbe Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p>Also, Ross, sometimes the conversation or the tone of the conversation may seem to go in a direction that you don't like, but you should feel empowered to present your viewpoint. Don't let yourself be marginalized from a platform from which you can have your say.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p>Well I see your point Blake. I guess one or two of the comments was a bit much. I do not have thin skin however. <br> Thanks Jeff for the timely moderation. I appreciate it. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stp Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p>Ross, I posted a response last night, but it looks like I forgot to hit the "confirm" button. It went something like this:<br> Ross, I admire your ability to stay calm under fire. I also wonder how those who were doing the firing in such a personal way feel today, now that they know the source of the words. If I were in their shoes, I'd feel quite ashamed. Assumptions were made, and the assumptions were flat out wrong.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 <p> Thank you Stephen, I appreciate that.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 <p>The use of "should" in posts like these says something obvious about motivations.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 <p><em>Dennis Williams' voice like a photograph...</em><br> <em>Harsh, badly toned, poorly exposed, unintentional yet personal.</em><br> <em>Negative compensation and thin depth... but no field.</em><br> <em>Out there, all alone, lucky to have two colors next to.</em></p> <p> </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_mcconnaughey1 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 <blockquote> <p>The use of "should" in posts like these says something obvious about motivations.</p> </blockquote> <p>?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis_g Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 <p>Ross, you belong here. Speak freely, wax poetic as you please, and know a lot of us appreciate and understand what you're going through. The ridicule from the mostly well-meaning wags here is standard fare, and the mods, like Jeff, step in when needed. Carry on.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 <p>Thanks Luis. I will hang around. Sometimes I say things that are not that great my own self so I figure to live and let live. No harm done or anything.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgalyon Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 <blockquote> <p>I posted the paragraph. I will have to think about it and decide if I belong here</p> </blockquote> <p>Sure you belong! Don't let all of us overly-opinionated windbags drive you away! </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Keefer Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 <p>Hang in there, Ross. The very small mob with torches and pitch forks attention will turn on another post soon enough. You are poet, philosopher, photographer. You are welcome here and don't let a troll or wise crack every now and then intimidate you from posting.</p> <blockquote><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2397502">John Galyon</a><a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="../v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub5.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="../v3graphics/member-status-icons/3rolls.gif" alt="" /></a>, Mar 31, 2011; 09:34 p.m. <p>If posted in the "Philosophy of Photography" forum this would garner literally thousands of responses.</p> </blockquote> <p>I agree with John.</p> <p>Kudos to Jeff S.</p> Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_fox Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 <p>ross b wrote:</p> <blockquote> <p>I am sorry I posted the paragraph. I will have to think about it and decide if I belong here.</p> </blockquote> <p>I enjoyed reading the paragraph, Ross. I don't come here often anymore, as people are sometimes too high-strung (and I've sometimes been provoked to that state myself).</p> <p>FAIW, this paragraph sounds like a good many artists' statements I've read, so there's an element of pots and kettles, methinks.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 <p>Well thanks everyone. I did go back to the thrift store today and bought a couple more copies of Life magazine. They are Viet Nam issues. I promise not to quote any thing from the magazine just to keep the peace. Anyway I am not going anywhere. I enjoy photo.net.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Lookingbill Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 <p>Wonder what happen to Dennis? Did he get absorbed?</p> <p>I heard it from Landru..."You will be absorbed...your individuality will merge into the unity of good. He is not of the body". <br> <em>Star Trek episode 22 by Gene Roddenberry</em></p> <p><br /><br> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 <p>My poor poetry scared him away. LOL.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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