tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post141169358553313722..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Moss Landingamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-84571790867887970682016-06-01T16:43:25.702-07:002016-06-01T16:43:25.702-07:00I have an acquaintance here in Australia who leads...I have an acquaintance here in Australia who leads what he terms 'workshops' but which are in fact no more that 'photo tours'.<br />He is reasonably competent with how to use a camera. <br />He is reasonably competent in how to kill an image with overuse of sliders in some program.<br />He is very competent in selling the notion to others that attending such events will make them better photographers/artists/whatever.<br /><br />He has no original voice.<br /><br />His work is repetitive of other before him. His followers likewise and the next iteration of the same garish rubbish.<br /><br />They all come back from Iceland or Utah or New Zealand with the same images of the same beautiful locations and with the same mistaken thought that they have produced something worthwhile.<br /><br />They would be far better to say " hey, I'm going to the lovely location because I want to see it, to smell the air there, to eat the food there, to enjoy nature there, and if I record my visit with a camera, I'll be happy"<br /><br />Instead they quote, if I may use your descriptive idea, poetry from another writer.<br />The sad thing is that they will never know the difference.<br /><br />CheersWilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340234422334227647noreply@blogger.com