Re: Zone Plate images

Maybe I shouldn't shoot off my mouth with first reactions, but my first
response was the same I used to use when students complained that their
poorly visuallized and composed images rendered as low contast prints
were the result of not having a good enough camera.

It's the photographer that takes the picture, not the camera. It's not
that the camera doesn't often stamp some characteristic on the image,
particularly in our line of pinhole, ZP and other wondrous devices like
Holgas and Dianas, but it's only one issue out of an infinite number.

I've always liked the response of the camera store salesman when asked
if a certain camera takes good pictures: "Of course, it takes good
pictures."

Nick

On May 3, 2004, at 6:07 PM, Uptown Gallery wrote:

> I hate to sound like one of THOSE people who...
>
> but can someone please refer me to some Zone Plate images that they
> truly
> believe are artistic?
>
> I see all too often language implying "soft = artistic".
>
> Someone was kind enough to give me some a couple a some Zone Plate
> transparencies, and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to produce anything
> spectacular until I get a feel for what composition, subject etc really
> utilizes the effect well.
>
> I've seen a range of pinhole work I really like and find inspiring,
> but I
> can't say the same yet for ZP.
>
> A little eye-opener might help.
>
> Thank you
>
> Murray
>
> _______________________________________________
> Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
> pinhole-discussion mailing list
> pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
> FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nick Dvoracek dvoracek@uwosh.edu
Director of Media Services Voice: 920-424-7363
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Fax: 920-424-7324
http://idea.uwosh.edu/media_services/home.html
http://idea.uwosh.edu/nick/handouts.htm

_______________________________________________
Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
pinhole-discussion mailing list
pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html
Received on Tue May 4 06:25:31 2004