Wayne Culberson wrote:
>
> Ralph wrote
> >Thanks to the recommendations on the list, I've been
> >working through the Freeman Patterson books, and have
> >found them to be a great help. He has a simple
> >formula that I now have always running through my head
> >before I take the shot: CDE, Composition, followed by
> >DOF, and lastly Exposure.
>
> I have some of his books as well. The first I read of his were back in the
> 80's if I remember right. His writings were what got me interested in macro
> photography, and were the start to getting me to think differently about
> photography. Probably the biggest way he influenced me is causing me to see
> photo opportunities right here, that is, without having to travel to foreign
> or exotic places. Sometimes the familiar is the hardest place to see a
> photo. I don't agree with all his philosophies, or religious views, which
> come out at least subtly in his books, but he does know photography. He
> lives here in southern NB, so I've also had the chance to attend a benefit
> slide show of his. Very good. I don't have his latest book on impressionism,
> though I've looked at it, and passed it up at a book signing he had here.
> Alas, you should be aware, AFAIK, he is a Minolta user. :-)
> Wayne
Wayne ......... we were in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia last autumn [we
drove 5000 k round Nova Scotia] and I asked several people where
Patterson's home at "Shampers Bluff" is and not one person knew except
to opine that it might be a bend somewhere on the Saint John River!
John
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