It ain't about the toys kids.

[cliveh]

I got banned from sooo many forums just because I was stating the obvious, like the quote in the OP.
That included the very bad photography skills of the moderators. The truth is the truth so I couldn't be bothered to care.

Also, i find these blogs involving leica quite boring. They are run by newbies who want some fame by scratchubg leica's name. Blah, we've seen them all.

In my case, the moment I realized that my photography was good, it was worth all the money I put into it. 10,000$ lens? So what. If my art is up to it them why not. I don't do drugs and my money has to go somewhere so why not make it go where my talent is?
The same thing would be if I was a guitarist. Or a drummer. Or a haidresser.

Then why not post in the gallery so we can appreciate your images?

 

[NB23]

Then why not post in the gallery so we can appreciate your images?

As a professional photographer I learned long ago that I don't need to showcase my work on forums for gratification. Also, my public is not composed of photographers but of people wanting/needing my services.

This being said, I like to participate in forums to share information and knowledge, to give and take. Who cares about my photography?

But if you really are interested in my photography, my facebook is open to public and I usually share iphone shots of my latest FB prints. My "poetry for your mind" album contains about 350 photos. You can look here (I hope the link works):
Poetry for your mind

And for my professional work, you can look here:
Website

and

here

 

[PKM-25]

Then why not post in the gallery so we can appreciate your images?

Not everyone wants to devalue their work by slathering it all over the internet, if you notice, my gallery is pretty limited considering my tenure here. I have seen Ned's work, some of it is good, some of it is ok and some of it is outstanding, just like any other pro who could be called good.

 

[cliveh]

As a professional photographer I learned long ago that I don't need to showcase my work on forums for gratification. Also, my public is not composed of photographers but of people wanting/needing my services.

This being said, I like to participate in forums to share information and knowledge, to give and take. Who cares about my photography?

But if you really are interested in my photography, my facebook is open to public and I usually share iphone shots of my latest FB prints. My "poetry for your mind" album contains about 350 photos. You can look here (I hope the link works):
Poetry for your mind

And for my professional work, you can look here:
Website

and

here

Thanks, I appreciate your response.

 

[cliveh]

Not everyone wants to devalue their work by slathering it all over the internet, if you notice, my gallery is pretty limited considering my tenure here. I have seen Ned's work, some of it is good, some of it is ok and some of it is outstanding, just like any other pro who could be called good.

Then they shouldn't post on the internet.

 

[blockend]

I don't really find that to be true myself, and tests didn't support that idea to the best of my recollection. Good full aperture performance was often expensive, just for one example. May be more true today than the 70's, 80', and into the 90's. That doesn't mean you need that to take good pictures, or that your pictures will be better for better performing lenses, but that still doesn't make all lenses equal.

Neither of the illustrations are about wide aperture performance. Both are classic examples of small camera, deep focus, decisive moment image making. At the aperture each was likely to have been taken at, most lenses of equivalent focal length would have delivered something similar, or at least not different enough to have made a sharp, contrasty image a poor one. More important to the final result are film and developer choice, and good printing.

 

[PKM-25]

Then they shouldn't post on the internet.

Isn't that what I basically just said?