Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While at an Oxford seminar this summer I will be viewing about 10 of Shakespeare's plays. Utilizing the "guerilla" techniques of street shooting that I have learned from this group, I would like to discriminately photograph a few scenes from each of these plays to show my students the "real deal" when I return to school next year. Some of the theatres I will be attending are the Globe, Swan, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Royal National Theatre. I'm thinking that by discretely using the "quiet alternative," I would not create distraction. OTOH, I am a bit reluctant, for, to incur the wrath of an unforgiving theatre manager could prove to be a costly embarrassment. I have attended performances at the Globe, and am not concerned there as I've watched the P/Sers flash-away. But the RST and RNT are not at all "touristy." Have any of you ever done this? I'd appreciate your experience and advice. I have learned here that stage lighting is extremely varied, and of course, flash is not an option. What high-speed color slide film would you recommend if I were to do this? My traveling kit will consist of: 15:4.5, 28:2.8, 35:2, 50:2, 90:2.8, 135:4, and an M6 TTL 0.72. The 15 and 28 might create an interesting perspective from the balcony of the Globe with its attendant groundlings, but what lenses would you suggest (realizing that this would be dependent upon my seating) that I use at any of these other theatres if I were to try this? Thank You Norman St. George Island, Deep within Beringia!