Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ted, That hit the spot :) /Per fredagen den 18 oktober 2002 kl 15.43 skrev Ted Grant: > Per Claesson wrote: >> And yes, street shooting with a wide angle is an interesting >> challenge. >> Part of the reason I am doing it is to overcome my shyness and to try >> to develop that right kind of "rapport" with people, to become more >> personal.<<< > > Per, > Always smile and if you are caught taking the picture don't turn away > quickly, smile and nod... and indicate "may you take a picture?" > Because if > you appear like you are doing something wrong, you will be perceived to > doing something wrong. ERGO: a hostile re-action from the person you've > photographed. > >> I will also try to develop the "quick shot" technique, with preset >> distance and aperture, just lifting the camera shortly to my eye to >> take the shot.<<< > > The more movement you make, the more attention you'll draw to yourself > no > matter how fast you move the camera to your eye. Movement is eye > catching > motion, therefore your subject will see the movement, then re-act to > see > what the motion was they turn and look right at you. Maybe angrily! > The > longer you can keep the camera to your eye and watch the world through > the > viewfinder without re-moving the camera people will not pay too much > attention to you. Or you may find a number of them trying to be polite > and > ducking as they pass in front of you. > >> But this time I used full opening in order to blur the >> background, which took a lot of focusing (pretty hard with fast moving >> people).<<<< > > It's obvious in some of your pictures you didn't focus fast enough and > what's out of focus should've been in focus and vise versa. Not to > feel bad > it's a learning experince and you'll improve the more you try. > >> Another good technique I found was to pan around with the camera a >> little, rather than just keeping it fixed on the "victim", as if >> looking for a target, which can make one less conspicious.<<<< > > Yes and no because here you're creating more motion and possibly > drawing > attention to yourself. Yep doing the search and find is OK sometimes, > but > more often than not you create eye catching movement and people will > look > directly at you and in some cases that spoils the picture. > > The most important thing in this lesson is, practice, practice, > practice. As > in shoot, shoot and then shoot lots more. One does not become a Cartier > Bresson in a few days of shooting people on the street. Besides never > mind > people walking along, 99.9% of the time that's a waste of time and film > simply because they are going from point "A to point B" and not doing > anything. Look for people who are involved doing something, the market > or > any outdoor activity where their interest is taken in something rather > than > just walking about. > > Their interest is doing and looking or something else rather than > looking > where they are walking along the street. And finally just because one > uses a > Leica it doesn't make every picture they shoot on the street a great > photograph because it was shot on the street. > Keep trying and shooting! :-) > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -------------------------------------------------------- VisiMedia -- Webbutveckling & webbhotell www.visimedia.com Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 Fax 0416 300 03 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ----------------------------- Läs mer om GateScan, den nya virusfria e-posten: www.gatescan.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ----------------------------- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html