Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That depends. Is it Young Elvis or Old Elvis? Jim Shulman - -----Original Message----- From: Dan S <dstate1@hotmail.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 10:00 PM Subject: [Leica] using my M6HM (on elvis) >You are standing on the banks of a river holding a camera with a 35mm lens. >On the opposite bank you notice that Elvis Presley is picnicking with >Adolph Hitler. Both are naked. > >Do you shot and crop later or just pass on the shot because you don't >believe in cropping? > >Dan > > >> >> >Cropping isn't for street shooting. Cropping is for people who >> >forget to frame properly, which is to say it's basically a >> >crutch.... >> >>I don't belong to the purist camp of "never crop anything" even for street >>shooting. To my way of thinking, I'm looking for a pleasing or expressive >>picture. If a full frame photograph achieves my goal, so much the better, >>otherwise I'll crop to achieve what I think is the right balance in the >>picture. There are many occasions where what I feel is the right >>perspective for my subject does not coincide with what lens I have with >>me, where I can situate myself to frame it, etc. Cropping is an essential >>tool of the photographic craftsman and should not be relegated to a status >>as crutch. >>> >> > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >