[Leica] How about this one?

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

One of the more interesting things I have seen is our LUG  Alaskan 
cruise, where my wife decided to try her hand at photography, 
successfully I thought.  My images and hers, of similar scenes,  were 
completely different.  I think the main difference is that she seems to 
compose in color, whereas I am not wired that way, perhaps because of a 
long b&w history.  I have read about that, but did not understand 
fully.  Or maybe it is not an issue if there is a riot or war going on 
and you are trying to get some images before getting killed.

Ken

On 6/9/2012 7:17 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> Several things:
>
> The first thing I tell my students is that objectivity is a myth. Every 
> time we approach a shoot we bring to it our entire life's history; our 
> prejudices, our likes and dislikes, our fears, our preconceived notions of 
> every sort, every book we've read, every course we've taken, and so on. 
> All we can do is be acutely aware of all these things, and strive to be 
> fair and honest in our approach to our subjects. Because the one thing we 
> absolutely owe them is honesty.
>
> As to the presence of a camera radically changing the reality - I 
> disagree. Yes, when you first enter a situation people may play to the 
> camera. But I've found that very quickly they ignore the camera and go 
> about their lives. I think we tend to forget how ubiquitous how cameras, 
> whether Leicas, iPhones, or point-and-shoots have become.
>
> Finally, I won't put money on this - but I don't think HCB had the guy do 
> anything. He was shooting through a hole in a fence, and shot a series of 
> people as they tried to get across the puddle. The best of the images he 
> got was of the famous jumper. At least I believe that's correct.
>
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