Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I appreciate the kind words, Ted. I discovered some years ago that I do NOT enjoy posing people for photos...I felt uncomfortable directing too much. At the time, it felt like a fault, like I wasn't good enough at imagining the photo I wanted beforehand. This was especially true when I would try to shoot portraits for pay. Now I accept that posing is not my strength, and I'm much happier shooting things as they happen. And I think my pix are better too, at least when I succeed! Less consistent, maybe, but you can't have it all. :) Even when I posed my wife while she was pregnant, my favorite photos were usually the ones I took in between or after the posing, where she relaxed and I took just one more shot. Best, Aaron PS--You had better be careful how far you extend your generous offer of a trip to England when you win the lottery...I have a suspicion you may end up with a whole plane full of LUGgers!!! :) :) Ted wrote: >Aaron Sandler showed: >>>I had been using my little digicam almost exclusively for a few weeks >>>while >>I started to get to know it's idiosyncrasies. But I left it behind for >>our Thanksgiving trip to my wife's family in Michigan...using my M6ttl >>for a few days was a joy, entirely appropriate for this particular >>holiday. I took 3 lenses with me, but (as usual) all of my favorites >>were taken with my 35cron (last pre-asph). >> >>I'm showing 3 pix from the trip...two family photos and a snowscape: >>(scroll down to see all 3) >>http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_47/index.html > >Hi Aaron, >Very good indeed of a family happening. Certainly far better then the >usual posed, " here's grandpa, auntie, cousin's etc" all standing and >looking at the camera with one person eyes closed, another one eye closed, >another looking like, "take the damn picture and get it over with!" ;-) > >Your approach is much more simple life revealing as a happy encounter even >since Orion was born. Actually I believe you posted a few while your wife >was carrying him? Shot some what in the same manner.... "real life" rather >than posed. Good on you. > >ted