Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once again, I find myself disagreeing with Mr Love. I used to be a journalist. I take a lot of people pictures. I'm pretty active in community affairs and find myself photographed with some frequency. I know that how I react to being photographed has affected how I photograph others, and its a matter of politeness. Simply put, when others photograph me, if they come at me with a wide-angle lens and get in my face, my reaction starts with my right hand and ends with my middle finger. They can bloody well back off and photograph me from across the room. Thus, I do almost all my people shots with either an 85mm or a 90mm lens, rarely with a 50mm, and never with anything wider. I simply don't have to be jumping down a guy's face to relate to him. If you want to take people pictures, then learn how to relate without being offensively close. I suppose you'll next suggest that doing the macarena is a necessary part of photography as well? msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!