P3D Art in Photography

["Lawrence A. Haines" <lhaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hard to come up with an "accidental classic" in any art form but
photography... ron

Ron Labbe's comment seems quite accurate.  Still I must say it
does happen even in other art forms, but admittedly, rarely.  I
have been following this thread with interest.  As an engineer I
have long felt that photography was the only way I could ever
express myself artistically since painting or drawing skills have
eluded me.  I know the camera records what it sees with some
minor adjustment using such things as filters, exposure,
lighting, composition etc.  I have struggled and found the target
of truly good stereo, elusive.  All of us can take stereo
pictures who have the equipment, and yet there are few truly
outstanding pictures.

Still I have seen some extraordinary photography seemingly beyond
the capability of ordinary photographers.   Sometimes I find
people who tend to do so consistently.  In stereo it seems to me
there is a very large distance between good stereo and ordinary
stereo taken by those who ignore or do not understand the
basics.  I have seen some of that in the circuits.

When one puts together a stereo slide sound program, or a stereo
video, then certainly artistic talent can become a very important
part of the results.  I consider the program that Bob Bloomberg
put together on Tuscany an artistic treat of outstanding merit.
A large number of the slides had the almost ethereal feeling
produced by that area.  Further, under Bob's talented hand one
image blended into another in a truly artistic way in delightful
sequences such as the one of the arches.  Creatively capturing
the art of Tuscany is not easy.  Bob's talent added another
element with music created and made to become a flowing integral
part of the whole.  In my opinion this man is an artist in the
fullest sense of the word.  And yet his fundamental tool is not a
paint brush , but a camera.

Larry Haines...


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