Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And certainly not in a refugee camp where 8 people might share one or 2 rooms? All the best from Paris! Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.tarekcharara.com> Le 23 janv. 2012 ? 15:43, Tina Manley a ?crit : > Not in a village in Central America ;-) I can sit in a corner for hours > and disappear but not if I'm moving a tripod around to get the shot. > > Tina > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> That's what everybody thinks Tina but I've had experience in just the >> opposite direction. My camera on the tripod people totally ignore me. Its >> like I'm a surveyor or engineer or something. The very nature of hand >> held >> photography lies in unobtrusiveness and I have found you walk in the room >> with a camera and all eyes are on you. But if you are standing in the >> middle >> of it with a camera on a tripod they could care less. Its like you're just >> doing a job and not trying to put anything over on anybody. NOT being at >> all sneaky. I've been saying this for years as I've experienced it time >> and >> time again. A tripod makes you invisible. You are a person at work not a >> person sneaking around trying to fool people. People walk right up to you >> as >> if you are in a glass booth and look right in the camera. You go lick they >> shrug their shoulders and walk away. You've not stolen their soul. >> >> A camera under an honest tripod planted firmly on the ground a makes you >> invisible in plain sight. >> Hand held photography makes you kid yourself into thinking you're not the >> center of attention with all eyes really are on you. That's how I've >> expensed it. >> >> -- >> Mark R. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ >> >> >>> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:01:03 -0500 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-) >>> >>> It's hard to be invisible and use a tripod. And a tripod does no good if >>> the people in your photo are moving and you're trying to get unposed >>> photos. Tripods aren't good for all kinds of photography, I do use a >>> monopod sometimes - both for the camera and as a hiking stick! >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Doug Herr >>> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: >>> >>>> Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think tripods in a sense free us up more than they do the opposite as >>>> most >>>>> people think. Tripod use is the secret weapon for really great >> photography >>>>> is my view. >>>> >>>> Try moving a tripod 6 inches to the left in dense brush w/o spooking the >>>> subject. The vast majority of my photos were made using a monopod >> combined >>>> with a shoulder stock for support. A rotating tripod collar on the >> lens is >>>> critical to using this support effectively IMHO. >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information