Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Street photography
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:08:13 -0700
References: <B5AA3C2D.12982%john@pinkheadedbug.com>

Ah! A word from one that DOES!
See, Erwin IS crazy- like a fox!
A practiced 'shooter' can get close without startling the game!
Tell, J.D., have you tried a waist level finder, or is it superfluous?
Dan ( I wanna be a paparazzi when I grow up....)Post

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brownlow" <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Street photography


> on 30/7/00 7:03 pm, Krechtz@aol.com at Krechtz@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I recently saw a televised lengthy interview of Cartier-Bresson (Charlie
Rose
> > on PBS).  He said that he doubted that he would be permitted these days
to
> > photograph in public places the same way he did decades ago.  People, in
the
> > age of the paparazzi, have become too aware of the presence of
photographers
> > on the streets and elsewhere.
> > There you have it, straight from the mouth of one the greatest champions
of
> > Leica "candid" photography and spontaneous and more formal portraiture -
and
> > every bit of it with a 50mm lens.
>
> Henri should get out more!
>
> (Okay, he's 90, I forgive him).
>
> I shoot 5-20 rolls a week in the street... no problem.
>
> Over on the streetphoto list, funnily enough, the one thing we pretty much
> don't discuss any more is the possibility of shooting on the streets...
> because we just do it!
>
> My standard focus distance is 5-8 feet. No-one has pulled a gun on me.
>
> What can I tell you, except to paraphrase Szarkowski: the hardest thing in
> photography is not capturing the 'decisive moment', it's getting the film
on
> the reel.
>
> --
> Johnny Deadman
>
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
>

In reply to: Message from John Brownlow <john@pinkheadedbug.com> (Re: [Leica] Street photography)