On Mon, October 13, 2008 13:07, Mark Blackwell wrote: > > > > --- On Mon, 10/13/08, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: Ok so everyone seems to want lively debate (not flame >> wars) >> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:55 AM >> On Sat, October 11, 2008 18:02, Lea Murphy wrote: >> >> > >> > Eventually he sat down, looked right at me and said, >> "Either you have >> > the best subjects in the world or you have one hell of >> a camera." >> > >> > I told him it was definitely the camera. >> >> Heee! Nice job. >> > > Well I would have perhaps said, "Or maybe the worlds greatest > photographer." lol That has the advantage of directly addressing the real issue, of course. Lea's answer was elegant, though, in that it suggested the subjects -- a group that included his child! -- were not the wonderful part. I rather admired running that one by him. > Reminds me though of a Frank Lloyd Wright story. He > had to go to court for something and had to take the stand. Like everyone > else, please state your name and occupation for the record sir. > > My name is Frank Lloyd Wright and I am the worlds greatest architect. The > lawyer looked at him and said something to the effect of don't you think > that is a little arrogant don't you?? He reply was, "Maybe, but I am > under oath." Oooh! That's amusing, thanks for mentioning it! -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
