[Leica] Re: Sneaky pictures

[johnbeeching at gmail.com (John Beeching)]

Larry,

I did not want to give the impression that I favour the sly approach, far
from it, I was just mentioning the range of approaches people adopt.
Personally, I favour the open, though not in your face approach, the camera
is in my hand and I bring it to my eye to take the picture, though the whole
process is a fluid and rapid one.  Similarly, I don't go for a telephoto
lens as it leads to a distant and "spying" point of view, rather I use a
wide angle, usually a 35, sometimes a 28, which leads to a more involved
point of view.

John


On 20/08/07, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 20, 2007, at 11:33 AM, John wrote:
>
> > Street photography ranges from the concealed to the staged via the
> > discrete.  There is generally a desire to remain uninvolved and to
> > capture
> > what is happening "out there" uninfluenced by the observer;
>
>
> Picture shooting on the sly has been around since nearly the dawn of
> photography. At least since the time that exposures could be measured
> in fractions of seconds rather than minutes. Shooting sneaky pictures
> was never dignified by the name of "street photography". It was
> usually the province of dirty old men. I have old photo books that
> reproduce ads for vest button cameras, cameras hidden in books and
> packages, right angle finders, fake lens hoods with mirrors that let
> you take pictures at right angles. In my sparse photo equipment
> collection I have a right angle finder for a Minox, a Robot camera
> with a built in right angle finder and a waist level finder for a
> Leica that lets me shoot to the side of the direction I am facing.
> Probably any one of these would get you arrested by a zealous
> policeman today.
>
> Larry Z
>
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