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The first thing that comes to mind regarding Montessori for me, is
education and education methodology. Medicine was a secondary
distraction which led to the opportunity to deal with education for
problem kids with various learning disabilities. From there her
teaching methods were adopted globally for general education of
children at all levels of ability and development.

Floyd as the prime educator of Barrow, and the World would tell us she
was wrong and her impact minimal. Probably the greatest indication that
her methods worked, is the wide spread establishment of Montessori
schools in India. There are Montessori schools in the US, but not
nearly enough. Perhaps US educators need to reexamine those methods?

< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori >

 

Dan Aykroyd
Keanu Reeves
Leonard Cohen
Celine Dion
Alannis Morisette
Neil Young
Jim Carrey
Sarah McLachlan
Bryan Adams
Paul Anka
James Cameron
John Candy
Douglas Coupland
David Cronenberg
William Gibson
Joni Mitchell
Oscar Peterson
William Shatner

and so on...

 

"Joe Kotroczo" wrote in message

Dan Aykroyd
Keanu Reeves
Leonard Cohen
Celine Dion
Alannis Morisette
Neil Young
Jim Carrey
Sarah McLachlan
Bryan Adams
Paul Anka
James Cameron
John Candy
Douglas Coupland
David Cronenberg
William Gibson
Joni Mitchell
Oscar Peterson
William Shatner

and so on...
==========================

Yes, I've heard of five of those, so it's more than just Giles and Jacques!
(I no longer take an interest in "pop" and have little interest in films.)

Thanks,
David

 

Here are a few Canadians you might not have heard of, but many should
be thankful to, because of their work;
Frederick Banting
J.J.R. Macleod
Charles Best
James Collip

The clue to their work lies in their sale for the patent on synthesized
insulin to Toronto University fo the grand sum of half a Canadian
Dollar. Two of them, Banting and Macleod subsequently won the Nobel
prize for medicine.

 

: On 29/06/2012 5:54 p.m., Me wrote:
:
: > He looked roman to me - who the hell is that guy? Has there ever been a
: > famous Canadian?
:
: William Shatner

Wayne Gretzky

Bob

 

Bob & Doug McKenzie

 

Then there are:
Lorne Michaels
Paul Schaffer

....and we have famous photographers:
Karsh
Alan Browne
Rich Anderson
Dudley Hanks

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I doubt I qualify as being either
famous or a photographer ...

However, there is no shortage of famous Canadian photographers.

I'd start the list with Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, and Ed Burtynsky ...

Take Care,
Dudley

 

Hey! You are a famous Canadian photographer in these circles.;-)

Personally I classify Jeff Wall as an artist before labeling him a
photographer. Photography is incidental to the resulting work and one
of the methodical steps in his art.

 

I guess that's why I find myself at odds with more than a few photogs on
this group.

I view photographers as artists, but others seem to see them more as
technicians.

Take Care,
Dudley

 

I certainly agree that many photographers are artists. However, I would
say that their intent is the primary consideration. Bear in mind that
using art as an excuse for bad photographic technique or goofy post
processing is still not valid. OOF is still OOF and is not truly an
artistic expression.

There are photographs which are best presented as a record, and close
representation of reality. Then there are those presented as an
expression of the photographer's mind's eye, via selection of lens, and
post processing methods. I include both film and digital photographers,
and both chemical, and digital post processing.

That brings us to the variety of individuals found in the photo groups.
There are those who consider any adjustment beyond their perception of
photo-reality to be bad, the anti-HDR group for example.
These recorders of what they perceive as unaltered reality consider
themselves to be purists. Along with them are the pixel peepers, &
color purists, will discount anything straying from their standards as
bad photography.

Good wildlife, landscape, press/sport/combat/conflict, and even
wedding/event (though they tend to process with an element of fantasy
in mind) photographers are among the group who do their best to capture
reality. Sometimes their work transcends the category of reality
photography to be an expression of what could only be called art
regardless of what others might think of them, or even what they might
think of themselves.
I certainly find many landscape, sports, and combat/conflict
photographs to be works of art.

There are the experimentalists who stumble upon a result via tinkering,
and find it pleasing to their eye, and stirs their emotions regardless
of what others feel. They are unintentional artists making an artistic
statement. They might be using adjustments in whatever photo-editor
they choose, plugins, and even, horrors! HDR, and the result is art.

It is important to remember that art, for the most part is deliberate
and intentional, not accidental. The tinkerers I describe above, are
involving themselves in a deliberate creation of art, even if they deny
it.

Then there are the individuals such as Wall, who sets out with the
purpose of creating a work of art. the camera is for him an artist's
tool, just as the brush was a tool for Rembrandt and the chisel a tool
for Michael Angelo. For him the photograph and any manipulation of his
photograph is just the start of his creation process.

 

I hope you realize that there are two groups: anti-HDR and apathetic
to HDR. I'm in the latter.

It's not really a matter of being against HDR; it's more of a matter
of not seeing an HDR rendition as an improvement. Yes, yes, there are
always a few images here and there that appear with some HDR treatment
and don't look worse than the original. But, they are rare.

Again, there's a second group. There's "never alter reality" group
and the "alter reality but don't over-do it" group.

I am a card-carrying member of both second groups.

 

SD, this is why I enjoy your posts, the posts of guys like Paul, SZ, Roger
N. Clark, and several others on this group.

You guys make me stop and think.

For the last few years, I've spent the bulk of my time working on technique,
relying on the world around me to provide the content.

I think it's time to start using what I've learned to produce more focused,
purpose-filled images....

Take Care,

 

Sid Altman,
Sir Frederick Banting,
Willard Boyle,
Bert Brockhouse,
Gerhard Herzberg,
David Hubel,
Rudolph Marcus,
John Polanyi,
Michael Smith,
Jack Szostak,
Henry Taube,
Richard Taylor.

Regards,

Eric Stevens

 

....and you are not particularly partial to landscape photography, your
main interest seems to be character capture, but you are not totally
averse to shooting the occasional landscape when a majestic Florida
canyon looms before you.

That said HDR & Tone mapping remain useful creative tools.

HDR is one of those processes which is easily abused with nightmarish
results. That said, for those prepared to work with restraint
interesting results are achievable. It can even be useful, either as a
full HDR or a tone mapped single exposure, in the creation of
interesting results in your area of interest, the candid character shot.

So here are some comparisons again. First a landscape with a 5 exposure
HDR compared with the zero adjustment exposure:
< http://db.tt/ZypoOrEm >

Then a single tone mapped image compared with the unadjusted original.

Unfortunately, the "never alter reality" group loose touch with their
perception of reality, the moment the camera goes up to the eye.

That is nice, but sometimes it is fun to play with reality to stretch
the imagination a bit.

 

On 2012-06-30 09:01:06 -0700, Savageduck <[email protected]{REMOVESPAM}me.com> said:
:
: > On 2012-06-30 08:24:19 -0700, Robert Coe <> said:
: >
: >> : On 29/06/2012 5:54 p.m., Me wrote:
: >> :
: >> : > He looked roman to me - who the hell is that guy? Has there ever been a
: >> : > famous Canadian?
: >> :
: >> : William Shatner
: >>
: >> Wayne Gretzky
: >>
: >> Bob
: >
: > Bob & Doug McKenzie
:
: Then there are:
: Lorne Michaels
: Paul Schaffer
:
: ...and we have famous photographers:
: Karsh
: Alan Browne
: Rich Anderson
: Dudley Hanks

Karsh is a ringer on that list. I don't believe he was originally from Canada.

Bob

 

: On 29/06/2012 14:47, David J Taylor wrote:
: > "Me" wrote in message : > []
: > He looked roman to me - who the hell is that guy? Has there ever been a
: > famous Canadian?
: > ===============================
: >
: > The Villeneuve racing drivers, perhaps?
:
: Dan Aykroyd
: Keanu Reeves
: Leonard Cohen
: Celine Dion
: Alannis Morisette
: Neil Young
: Jim Carrey
: Sarah McLachlan
: Bryan Adams
: Paul Anka
: James Cameron
: John Candy
: Douglas Coupland
: David Cronenberg
: William Gibson
: Joni Mitchell
: Oscar Peterson
: William Shatner
:
: and so on...

Er... We're looking for *famous* Canadians. You've wandered well into the list
of people I've never heard of. ;^)

Bob

 

Born in Turkey, naturalized Canadian.

 

We get hurricanes, and even tornados, here in Florida. That kind of
spoils my interest in creating those dark and foreboding skies that HD
over-doers seem to love.

I'm sure that's a fun exercise, but that's not the type of thing that
interests me as a candid photographer. It's just kind of hokey.

You'll get no disagreement from me. Not an enthusiastic response to
the finished product, but I respect the interest of others to be
creative and try things. Personally, I would rather capture the warts
than create them.

Not a human in my planned submissions for the next SI, but here's a
recent non-enhanced, slice of reality:

http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/i-JqCszWw/0/X2/i-JqCszWw-X2.jpg