Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 06:20 PM, drb@MIT.EDU wrote: > > Permission aside, there seems to be a generally negative attitude > towards > shooting "from the hip" (or basically without raising a camera to your > eye). > What's wrong with clandestine photography? I'm in the middle of a > documentary project on student EMTs. I have permission from the whole > class > and the instructors. Some of the students, however, clam up and act > funny > when I raise my camera (even my Leica M6 which is so small, so quiet, > "looks > like a toy", etc. etc.). I think that Starbucks (tm) project that BD's student worked on was really interesting for the fact that the camera was known about and yet the images still had a candid feel to them... perhaps candid is not the right word, the images seemed to capture *real* moments. I learned a great deal seeing those shots. Cheers, Dave - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html