tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post3649116072502510298..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Public Photographyamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-26000365370242843192016-02-19T08:24:30.300-08:002016-02-19T08:24:30.300-08:00Lula absolutely was a valuable resource to many in...Lula absolutely was a valuable resource to many in that interval from, I don't know, say 2000 to 2010. I shan't quibble about dates.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-51813989835415792992016-02-19T04:56:30.188-08:002016-02-19T04:56:30.188-08:00There's a lot to be discussed regarding public...There's a lot to be discussed regarding public photography. My major gripe is that 'the rules' (as perceived by the 'cops') are not applied evenly. I've never seen anyone told off for using a cell phone in a mall. I live in Europe, so it might be different.<br />As a project, I had an idea - never implemented - to walk down a major street and photograph every surveillance camera I could find, and then request an image of myself being photographed by said camera. Any non-provided images would be intentional (and reported, commented) blanks in the final project, whatever its format. Niglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133186764538955375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-4394342713402723982016-02-19T00:44:44.520-08:002016-02-19T00:44:44.520-08:00u stir up an the pot. all pots need a stir even if...u stir up an the pot. all pots need a stir even if the stew cooking is not ur favorite dish. i dont even have to agre. taste is not objective. just to calm down readers like Anonymous. u cant argue taste. but u can stir ur personal stew. it will help both ur cooking n the people that taste ur cooking to. I promise ;) Personaly i just like food! <br /><br />my english spelling is shit. but i still use itMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561777553902048594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-21836717238914496712016-02-18T15:50:13.767-08:002016-02-18T15:50:13.767-08:00To change the subject, if only slightly: Michael R...To change the subject, if only slightly: Michael Reichmann certainly doesn't need any help from me, but I thought I would like to list a few of the reasons why I've found his work on LuLa so valuable to me over the years.<br /><br />* He was one of the first to demonstrate, and publicly announce, that digital cameras could take photos that were indistinguishable from film under normal viewing conditions (including gallery-size prints). I think that persuaded a lot of people, me included, to take the leap to digital. <br /><br />* A few years later, he similarly showed that good small-sensor digital cameras could produce prints largely indistinguishable from large-sensor, much more expensive cameras under practical viewing conditions. He has definitely not been just a fan of PhaseOne and its ilk.<br /><br />* He provided a regular forum for other writers, notably Mike Johnson of TOP, before they established their own sites.<br /><br />* In the first decade of this digital century, LuLa was a uniquely broad and deep resource for photographers. Nowadays there are lots of other places to get useful information and opinion, but that wasn't the case earlier.<br /><br />* I found his videos with Jeff Schewe very helpful in learning the early versions of Lightroom.<br /><br />* I happen to like his aesthetic choices, and often wish that I had taken the photos that he displays.<br /><br />I am frankly puzzled that you consider his influence so damaging, since I think there is so much evidence to the contrary.<br />Victor Bloomfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816583389961678576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-54005768121428832222016-02-18T12:41:23.981-08:002016-02-18T12:41:23.981-08:00Yes yes, I'm an asshole. Your argument still d...Yes yes, I'm an asshole. Your argument still doesn't work. While I probably am a hypocrite, you have failed to demonstrate it. Have a nice day.<br /><br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-14000615304540937222016-02-18T12:32:36.070-08:002016-02-18T12:32:36.070-08:00Ah, but you criticized people for berating men who...Ah, but you criticized people for berating men who built the mall(s). Not the Notre Dame. Unless your own writing confuses you. <br /><br />But regardless, the issue here is not comparing Reichmann to the men who built the Notre Dame. It's to point out that you are guilty of the very thing you denounce. Your view on this matter is equally as subjective as the photographers you criticize. <br /><br />Plus, your tone has the same high-handedness and entitlement and pettiness that you claim to detest in whiny photographers on internet fora. <br /><br />You're welcome to your opinions of course, but you seem to be blind to your own hypocrisy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-29128473568352602232016-02-18T00:09:27.373-08:002016-02-18T00:09:27.373-08:00My observations differ, Victor, which is not to sa...My observations differ, Victor, which is not to say that yours are wrong.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-7635372890055736082016-02-18T00:08:27.847-08:002016-02-18T00:08:27.847-08:00O anonymous one, if I had said one should never be...O anonymous one, if I had said one should never berate anyone, you would be perfectly correct. As it stands, you need to show some rationale for equating Michael Reichmann with the men who built Notre Dame. Feel free to take a crack at it.<br /><br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-50099985373692502892016-02-17T22:26:13.054-08:002016-02-17T22:26:13.054-08:00"But how dare you get on your bully pulpit an..."But how dare you get on your bully pulpit and berate them for it." - Interesting argument. But it can be said, and should be said that you seem to be quite happy doing the same when it comes to LuLa and Ming Thein. Hypocrite much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-61516811283346567642016-02-17T22:17:34.109-08:002016-02-17T22:17:34.109-08:00No one is annoyed with the masons after the arriva...No one is annoyed with the masons after the arrival of the security cops. One gets annoyed with the cops, who don't know what they're doing but may enjoy being bullies. One may be annoyed with the person who sent them (the bishop?). I think what one (at least me) is most annoyed with is pointless interference with an attempt to celebrate the artistry of the masons and architect - not to appropriate it - by photographing it, commemorating its overall structure, its details, the life moving within it. Indeed, we are attempting to show respect for what's in front of the lens, but our attempt is being interfered with.Victor Bloomfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816583389961678576noreply@blogger.com