On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:35:11 -0400, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:24:45 -0500, Just Plane Noise
wrote:

In turn, if somebody chose a new
method of encoding, and I knew their pictures were worthwhile, I'd
expect to do a little work to get their pictures--it isn't up to them
to change to suit me.

Bravo. Well said. What people are missing by refusing to down-load
yenc software or getting a better newsreader are some wonderful
pictures taken by you. I for one do not care what format you post in,
but if you change to a different format, I will ensure that I *can*
down-load your pics, whatever it takes. Your work is very, very good.
Thanks.



Thanks! Someone (maybe you) said I was either a good pro or an
outstanding amateur. I'm sort of neither. I was the
paid photo editor of the school newspaper of a major (30,000 students)
university. I used a Nikon F, a Weston Ranger 9 meter, and developed
and printed all of my own work, so it was a different era, but I did
learn plenty about light and shadow as well as other basics of
photography. At about the same time I also worked for a wedding
photographer (back then it was very boring--much more creative these
days), shooting weddings without any assistance. I learned to be
resourceful, but above all I learned to react fast and to be ready to
react fast (candid photography teaches you that real quick!). I got
out of photography for awhile because of my heavy involvement in pro
audio, but what brought be back in was the fact that I married a woman
whose brother is a fairly noted fashion photographer. He always finds
fault with my pictures, but as a result I've learned one helluva lot,
especially about light. And since photography only involves two
things--light and pointing (oops--forgot luck!)-learning more about
light was very important.