Re: [Leica] Human Traffic

[John Coan <jcoan@alumni.duke.edu>]

Ted,
That's a great technique and very sneaky.  It reminds me of a story my wife
tells.  She was student teaching a soils class in college and teaching the
class how to use stereo pairs.  This one guy kept saying he couldn't see the
3-D effect.  She worked with him and worked with him and he kept saying he
couldn't see it.  Some of the other students were snickering.  Finally she
caught on and asked him if he had a glass eye.  He admitted it and nearly died
with laughter that he had put her on so badly.
John

Ted Grant wrote:

> Johnny Deadman wrote:
> >
> >>>>>>>The English accent is an enormous asset in these circumstances as
> hostility is often diverted into curiosity and you can play the
> innocent. "Oh, I see, you mean some people here don't LIKE to
> > have their pictures taken? O-kay!"<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> Johnny, you devil! , :)
>
> Great having that accent in foreign countries and knowing how to make it
> work for you. Beautiful ! It's a bonus of "cultural difference" one can
> rarely enjoy in their own country.
>
> I have a similar asset,  but with my eyes.  Due to the right eye having
> little sight, over the years it has drifted to the right and without my
> glasses on people looking at me quite often don't know which eye is
> looking in which direction! :-)  Guys this eye thing isn't a liability,
> it's an asset in more ways than one.
>
> It usually goes like this, take glasses off, left eye is perfect looks
> straight head,  look through camera, focus on subject, (this done faster
> than I can type.)  Then when you look from the camera at the subject
> they're not sure where your looking because the right eye appears as
> though I'm looking at someone behind them!  ( sneaky devil) :-)
>
> They invariably turn their head to their left to see who I'm shooting .
> And with a tiny amount of body language you can make it look like you
> really are doing just that, shooting someone behind the main subject.  :-)
>
> Hey guys & gals I haven't lasted this long from my beautiful looks! :-)
>
> ted