Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael Darnton wrote: > Like a lot of stragegies, this one seems to have less than universal > application. I guess it works fine if you only actively use one camera at a > time, never change lenses, and rarely change film on the fly, but for a > working photographer in a fast and changing situation I can't see it. Hi Michael! Certainly, for the photojournalist 'no strap' is impractical. I was commenting from a perspective of personal photography in an unhurried, non-deadline atmosphere, where not using a neckstape may encourage the photographer to see things in a new way....at least for a time. How true it is, though, that a 'new way' of seeing soon becomes old. That's the challenge of creative photography, or creativity in the arts in general. For example, once I made a fine image, a street portrait of a couple. The man was a full head above his girlfriend, so this made a good vertical composition with the Leica. At the time this was 'new', at least for me. Years later, I attempted the same thing with a different couple, and for whatever reason, the image was now a lifeless cliche. Cheers, Rich