Beyond LensWork #77

[Bruce Barlow]

Well, it was an honor and a thrill to have my article "Rigor and Surrender" printed in LensWork #77.

But it was over the top when I discovered that someone had actually READ it!

http://www.singularimages.wordpress....ad-heart-hand/.

Time for a beer.

[windpointphoto]

Why? You work hard and it shows. You deserve the recognition. Congrats and enjoy the fame!

[Capocheny]

Hi Bruce,

Congratulations... you've reached a milestone I'm sure most photographerw would aspire to!

Enjoy the accolades.

Cheers

[Kirk Gittings]

Congratualtions. Well deserved.

[Mike Castles]

Congratulations Bruce, as Kirk said 'Well deserved'/

[John Bowen]

Bruce,

Our next beer is on me!

[John Bowen]

If you liked the article, you should check out Bruce's Book "Finely Focused." It is available on Bruce's website. A wonderful book filled with interesting and useful exercises. There is something for every photographer.

And yeah, that's a plug for a friend's excellent book!

[MIke Sherck]

I appreciated the article as well, and wish I had the opportunity to participate in one of your workshops. Articles like this are the ones I read and re-read and think about: they're the reason I subscribe to Lenswork. I wish more venues would speak to the "why" part of photography, rather than the "how".

Mike

[Bruce Barlow]

Thanks for the kind words.

AND, I've got Eugene's permission to use Eugene Friesen's music in any videos I make. You may remember that we used variations on the Bach Cello Suites as themes and bridges in "Printing with Fred Picker before I became grey and fat.

John, as always, yer on for that beer, and thanks for the shameless book plug! Book sales are actually pretty good, and the nice words on other threads have contributed to that, methinks. The most exciting thing about the book, for me, is thinking of it as expanding my circle of friends. It doesn't, and never will, pay the bills (nor did I ever think it would).

The next LensWork submission is titled "Practicing Photography." Heh heh. You won't like that one, maybe. Don't worry, you won't see that one for a while - you need a rest from me.

Like Mr. Scherk, I can only get excited about "placing the high value on Zone VIII and making the picture" so many times. The "why" is much more interesting, and hard, to do and to write about coherently.

Thanks again for the kind words. I can tell that they came from your right brains.

[Mike Castles]

Another 'plug' for Bruce's book - "Finely Focused". Spent a good part of the weekend reading through the 'updated' version. I still prefer a hard copy book, but this is a very good reference, with bits of wit from Bruce. Worth more than he charges, and a great reminder of the things we know, but forgot we know them.