Luminous Landscape Forum
Site & Board Matters => About This Site => Topic started by: jwhee0615 on May 02, 2009, 10:30:31 am
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I would like to wish Michael and his staff a very happy 10 year anniversary and say that I really appreciate your work and this site. Indispensable for those entering the world of photography as well as the experienced photographer. Looking forward to all the great content Michael and this site will bring in the future. Thank you!
Jeff
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Congratulations on quite a milestone; there cannot be that many sites that have stayed so active and regularly updated for such a length of time!
And a big thank you for making this available, most appreciated.
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This is a great community for knowledge sharing and support. Thank you Mayor Michael for all your hard work to make this happen. Best wishes going forward on your next term
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It seems like yesterday that I found this site. Happy Birthday Michael
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How ironic! I was just waxing nostalgic about the Luminous Landscape DVDs last night and watched issue #1 again. My first thoughts were actually about how close to 10 years has it been since Michael first began extolling the virtues of the D30 and digital capture. How prophetic were Michael's words in 2001? It was a joy to revisit the DVD and be educated on "compact flash cards." That DVD is copyright 2001, so I wasn't sure about the launch of LL online. I have been on board since nearly the beginning and what a joy and positive experience it has been.
LL, Michael, Chris, and all of the LL contributors have made a huge impact on my pursuit of photographic arts. Thanks for all that you have done and here is looking to another wonderful 10 years!
Jeff Ball
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Happy 10th!
May the next 10 years bring you 120 megapixels, 14 stops of dynamic range, in an affordable MF_DSLR with liveview on a 4"x6"screen!
Thanks for all the hard work
Marc
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Congratulations and all the best for the next decade…
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Happy Tenth Anniversary! I'm not sure when I first visited LL, but it must have been near the beginning. I recall mainly a collection of a few articles about photographing the American Southwest--there was a lot of helpful info about Death Valley. The forum was much smaller (on different software), with many conversations with Michael and not so much flaming. For a while, Michael was offering mini-critiques of user photos. And film was still the main medium. Times change.
Michael, I hope the site and your photography continue to bring you much joy in the coming years.
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Happy 10th Michael. I discovered LL 7 years ago when I switched to digital. As a very non-technical person I can't imagine how I would have made the transition without this site. I am forever grateful.
Pat Gerlach
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congratulations from me too! and also to us for with out this large community there would be no LL. This site has become a daily visit for me, I've learned much,shared some, and look forward to the next the years. Thanks Michael!
Peter
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And from me, too. Congratulations and Thank You to Michael and Chris and all the good people who share so much help and inspiration through the forum.
May all your future cameras come with dedicated Mirror-Lock-Up Buttons!
-Eric
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One of the great delights of the web. Thank you Michael and all who make this such a great resource for photography and reflection.
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David
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Cheers! This site has been invaluable for me in the past two years. Learned many great lessons here and continue to enjoy all of your articles.
Here's to another 10!
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Congrats, Michael and everyone! I've been in the forums for four+ years, but I was reading the Luminous Landscape articles, etc. before that.
Mike.
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It's hard work pleasing everybody.
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Congrats and thank you!
Cheers,
Bernard
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Thank you - For an inspirational site - as well as an educational one.
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I was just about to write how Michael Reichmann, is probably the best thing to come out of Canada since the Doodlebops, and William Shatner. However, I have just discovered that Michael was in fact born in England. Thus destroying my plans for a witty response! ;-)
Regardless, well done..!
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Congratulations!!
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Congrats Michael! Thank you for having the foresight so long ago to create a site that would be engaging, educational, and just plain fun! If it ain't fun.....it's probably not worth doing!
Hopefully you keep having fun because there are many of us who have learned A LOT from you and this site with it's many contributors.....thanks again!
Todd in Chicago
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Maybe Luminous Landscape is the most significant source in my learning of photography in the last years. Though new to the forums I don't remember how long since my first readings, it seems like a life. Many many worthwhile findings and learnings, nice memories, so a warm Thank you!
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Here's to the next ten years, and hopefully longer
John C
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Thanks for providing the knowledge, location and structure to exemplify the true power of an online community. You provide the core, and have given me valuable insight to many aspects of photography and digital processing that I will always be grateful for, but the best part about LL is that the sum is greater than the parts.
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Gefeliciteerd Michael! And congratulations too. I’m a newborn, only one and a half year member, and still regretting the ignorance of the other eight and a half years. Having enjoyed your Lightroom video’s I’m sure you’ll appreciate my toast on you and your LL, with a The Macallan 21 years. Hmmmm. Cheers!
Bas
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All the best. Great website, great people.
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Ten Years? It seems like it was just a short while ago that I found this site. Since that first encounter, I have come to look forward to enjoying the intelligent and civil discussions that populate this forum. Thank you Michael and Chris for your warm friendship and hope that we may all continue to enjoy the next ten years together.
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The amount of benefit I've received from this site is immeasurable. I haven't been here for even half of those ten years, but I look forward to the next ten. Congratulations Michael, and many thanks!
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Happy Annibirthdary. Only 10 years? I've been visiting this site since sometime in 2001 and there have been 50 years worth of changes in the industry since then. I still remember the panorama from Monument Valley that was on the home page those days which I thought was one of the coolest photos I'd ever seen.
Around that time I purchased a Nikon Supercoolscan 4000 to scan my slides as I figured It would probably be 10 years before digital SLR's could come close to the quality of film. Called that one wrong... after playing with a G5 for a while I bought a 5D as soon as they were available, late 2005 I think and still have some film left in the freezer.
Since then thanks to all the helpful information and reviews on this site I've accumulated a nice collection of high quality 35mm SLR gear and haven't had much regret over any purchase I've made. If Michael says "Highly recommended" you can be sure it's a great piece.
Thanks for all the priceless education and information.
Steve.
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Not sure when I discovered the LL online - '02 or '03 maybe. But the first controversy I saw play out big time on the LL web site was when Michael made his claim that 12 MP full-frame digital, as executed in the first Canon 1Ds, was a match for medium format film. Sparks flew. At the time, I think I was still waiting for a 6 MP APS-C digital camera to drop into three digits in US$, my arbitrary level of affordability. (So now what am I lusting for? A JPY218,000 Fujifilm GF670 Professional folding roll film camera ... I know, defies logic!)
I've enjoyed the web site, the video journals, gallery shows at Pikto and the LL Gallery (thanks to a daughter who studied at U of Toronto, which gave me a good excuse to travel there and "just happen" to catch Michael's showings), and finally, a great printing workshop last year. It's been fun!
Carl
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Michael, my warmest congratulations as well!! It seems like just yesterday I surfed in here and began reading your many articles and enjoying your photographic work. Being at the "LL" dinner at Ruby Foo's a few years back, meeting you, Chris Sanderson and Tom Knoll is still one of my 10 best days. Here's to you and the LL staff.
Kevin
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