tappan Posted May 20, 2011 Share #1 Posted May 20, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) In this very useful Leica forum we have a mix of folks who have been Leica users for many years and people like me who just started. Surely the more seasoned folks still have goals as I believe we all learn something new everyday. For me, my top goal is to learn to "see" in Leica black & white, and post process in b&w too. I have used Canon most of my career and have shot and post processed color for the last 10 years as a newspaper photographer. The black and white's that some of the forum members post here have an amazing dream-like quality and consistency. I would like to have that same consistency one day. I moving slowly toward my goal by experimenting with my new M9 and lenses 24,35,50,90mm. I hope to get used to the camera fully by the time I take the Leica Akademie Boston class in August. Does anyone care to reveal your goal(s)? Good shooting, Mark Garfinkel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted May 20, 2011 Share #2 Posted May 20, 2011 Take decent photographs? I try every day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted May 20, 2011 Share #3 Posted May 20, 2011 Mess around with the screwiest Leica stuff I can find and take photos with whatever it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted May 21, 2011 Share #4 Posted May 21, 2011 More mastery of both my equipment and my artistic vision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpalme Posted May 21, 2011 Share #5 Posted May 21, 2011 To have at least one photo that people go WOWW!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enboe Posted May 21, 2011 Share #6 Posted May 21, 2011 Yes, my Leicas are around purely for the purpose of having fun. I am not good enough to make a living, so I keep my photo hobby as just that, a hobby, and therefore it needs to be positive. Keep it fun. Leicas are cameras for enjoying the process of taking pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 21, 2011 Share #7 Posted May 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica goals...none. Photography goals...many and evolving. The final print is at the heart of it all for me. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted May 21, 2011 Share #8 Posted May 21, 2011 My goal is to continue using my Leicas from m4s (several), M7s (two) and the M9 until I resolve whether the digital M is truly the path. So far, it has been superior to the film cameras for color. But I also shoot MF and LF which hold a separate, different space in my interests. (If I wind a lottery to get an S2, I might put MF behind me, too.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted May 21, 2011 Share #9 Posted May 21, 2011 Like Jeff S I have photography goals rather than Leica goals, its just that Leica's fill my equipment needs, and if they didn't I'd drop them like a hot brick. That said there is something slightly liberating in having a good set of the best lenses possible, and a small camera like the M9 that finally does justice to them. With no more 'what if' questions about resolution the ever present doubt is alleviated and using resolution for its own sake isn't important, the bubble is burst, its only an option to use it. So I'm finding my photography gravitating more towards alternative lower contrast lenses, or lenses that have their own imperfect charaters. Instead of the lens outdoing my own good eyesight (like the amount of detail you see pixel peeping with a Summicron photograph which you never acknowledged at the time of exposure), I'm looking at ways to reflect the lack of detail that I see when squinting on a bright sunny day, or the way peripheral vision changes depending on subject matter and mood. So my Leica goal is that the camera and lenses are only a datum point, but I shouldn't use that high level datum point for its own sake. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted May 21, 2011 Share #10 Posted May 21, 2011 Quite simple. To use my 'simplistic' Leicas in as simple a way as possible so that it is me that has the greater input into my photos. I also enjoy using my Leicas which I think puts me in a better frame of mind when using them and leads to more positive input into my photos. I'm 'working on it' as they say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prunelle Posted May 21, 2011 Share #11 Posted May 21, 2011 I don't have "Leica goals" either. Just make the best possible photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 21, 2011 Share #12 Posted May 21, 2011 No special goals, just different purposes with different bodies. Landscape (5D), portrait (R-D1), general (M8.2). No Leicas for my job though (Nikon). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Verrips Posted May 21, 2011 Share #13 Posted May 21, 2011 My "Leica" goal is to enjoy photography as many time as possible, to make progress in seeing the right photo opportunity. Another goal is to decide whether i "need" the new 35mm Sumilux ASPH FLE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 21, 2011 Share #14 Posted May 21, 2011 I refuse to set goals because they interfere with the ethos of self-expression. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 21, 2011 Share #15 Posted May 21, 2011 I refuse to set goals because they interfere with the ethos of self-expression. Pete. I refuse to set rules like this...doesn't allow the freedom to deviate. Seriously, completing a photo project (or theme), for instance, can promote rather than inhibit self-expression for many. I set very broad, longer term goals only; ones that don't interfere with the daily act of photographing, which is always about the spirit of making great photos. My most recent goal (a few years back) was to learn the transition to digital after several decades with film and darkroom. If anything, that goal has promoted even greater self-expression with the use of new tools. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted May 21, 2011 Share #16 Posted May 21, 2011 To make better photos and enjoy doing so. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted May 21, 2011 Share #17 Posted May 21, 2011 Sports photography, and wild life of course, from very close Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted May 21, 2011 Share #18 Posted May 21, 2011 My nude photography (of nudes) could do with some improvement:rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted May 21, 2011 Share #19 Posted May 21, 2011 In retirement, help to keep my mind exercised in an enjoyable manner. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoshawnuff Posted May 21, 2011 Share #20 Posted May 21, 2011 To get at least one good shot per roll of film. And to continue incorporating classic lenses into my repertoire, because every lens has it's unique look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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