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Subject: [Leica] Beware HCB Wannabes
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:20:43 -0500
References: <43d2b9bb1003180905j54f232f3ufe932baf6a42f069@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20100318125223.032aa818@med.cornell.edu> <19b6d42d1003181754jc7c3471xa14c2972237bdbcc@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20100319112306.0352fe40@med.cornell.edu> <a3f189161003190838r1dde8d2dmf43b45f79721e4c3@mail.gmail.com>

Depends entirely on what the photographer intends to portray/say/ 
express/create.

"be a fly on the wall and attempt to document reality"
represents only one intention and approach.

"get to know your subject and attempt to capture intimate portraits"
another intention and approach

and the list goes on - hopefully without end

no matter how you bring the camera into the scene
your and your camera's presence will alter the scene
(unless you're a surveillance camera on a pole for a year;
in which case most people will have - unfortunately - forgotten your  
presence)

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Mar 19, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> Vince said
>
>  The more they feel discomfort from you the better the
>
>> chance you're doing something right.
>>>
>>
> But if you are affecting the shot by your behavior, isn't that  
> just  the
> same as altering it in Photoshop?
>
> Seems to me you are no longer showing, but now intruding.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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>
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