>Subject: Re: Great photographers.....
>From: "Mike Jacoubowsky"
>Date: 5/16/04 1:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <M4Qpc.67766$ m>
>
>> Great photographers will make great pictures regardless of the camera they
>use.
>
>Absolutely true. However, there still might be a right & wrong camera for a
>given person. The right camera is the one that has something about it that
>makes you want to take pictures. For some people, that might be anything
>with a lens and a shutter release. For others, it might be something small
>enough to carry in their pocket, or a long-enough lens to catch their kids
>competing at a track meet. Different people are motivated by different
>things.
>
>I didn't get much into taking photos until digital came out, and I was able
>to get reasonable images out of something that would fit into my jersey
>pocket while riding a bike. Before those requirements could be met, I
>didn't have a whole lot of interest in taking photos. And, if I didn't take
>a whole lot of photos, I'd never learn what works and what doesn't. Not
>that I'm a great photographer by *any* stretch of imagination, but I'm
>certainly taking better photos now than I did some years ago.
>
>--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
>http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
>
>
What you say is all too true. But I think back many years to when I was writing
a regular monthly column for Modern Photography Magazine. At that t time a
photographer no one had ever heard of named Duane Michaels broke into print
with a wonderful pictures tory in Life magazine. He went on a trip to Russia
and since he was a body- builder by hobby, he visited various Gyms and made a
lot of shots. We had lunch one day and he told me he never wanted tro be a
photographer. It just happened. Before he went to Russia he figured he ought to
take a camera. Knowing nothing he bought an Argus CV-3 for $15.00 ( used) and
one roll of film. After he left for to russia he started shootign his gym
shots and the only film he could get was Russian film, most of which was
outdated. He had no exposure meter so he used the guide directions on the
filmbox. . The images were superb He had a talent that he never realised he
had., The rest is history since Duane stands as one of the notable
photojournalists of the 20th century. And all it took was talent, a good eye,
a sense of the dramatic and an Argus C-3. I never forgot that. Cameras don't
take pictures. photographers do.
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer
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