Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter offered this question too Lluis: >> Can you "translate" what you do by instinct into terms that ordinary people could > understand (especially people who don't understand photography anywhere near as you)? <<<<<<< Hi Lluis & Peter. May I interject here, please?" After being the key note lecturer for the "LEICA INTERNATIONAL CAPE COD SEMINAR" for 16 years. Not counting lecturing to amateur groups, university journalism classes and myriads of professional groups, mixed throughout my 60 plus years. A tad bit of experience. Trying to teach humans how to make their instinct re-act to a scene or situation is an almost impossibility. Humans are humans and their re-actions are not equal one unto another! Some are so slow the bodies are being carried away before they take the lens cap off! Or turn on the camera? Set the ISO! Or take it out of the case? Or they don't even see a picture lying face down twenty feet in front of them> OH sorry that was some "old one eyed guy!" ;-) I have as others on the LUG, been in Llui's presence when he is street shooting he is so fast! And I swear.... "INVISIBLE" to his subjects that he has the photo taken, turned ready to shoot something else in an entirely different direction and the subjects have absolutely no idea he took their photo. And no matter how well you explain and show brilliant images, the "SEE-RE-ACT-CLICK" can't be taught! You can explain it a million times in whatever language you wish! But if the people "DO NOT" have rapid fire natural born human instincts they will miss the "LlUIS TYPE PHOTO MOMENTS!" PERIOD! Or be extremely lucky! Instincts / re-actions are "to each his own." We're made that way. As often as you show images of sports figures in mid-flight of a dive or whatever during a jump, leap in the air there are those that after a 100 tries? A 1000 tries? Will still be looking at their camera to see what they set it at "OR SOME TECHIE THING?" ;-) Then there is Lluis with instincts I swear he feels the image before he see's & shoots IT! :-) Then today you have all those whiz-bang "FANCY-PHONE CAMERAS" that so many people have. And without question they nearly all think they are "SUPER-SHOOTERS!" "Oh I don't need any lessons I've got my super-camera i-Phone!" Added to the insult? "Oh what does he know! Look all he has is one of those "OLD-FASHION LEICA CAMERAS!" Throw their head back, walk off and sniff the air! "He's got one of those "old-time camera things! You can't even phone with it!" So OK, re-actions, instincts, swiftness of eye and trigger finger, CLICK?" Trust me.......... YOU CAN ONLY SHOW IT, TELL THEM, AGAIN & AGAIN! "But you ain't going to teach it! Not today with such auto-cameras on the market the holder believes he or she just has to aim it and it takes great action images. "Or the quick corner KISS in a bar!" ;-) However? Lluis being Lluis "The Great One" we all love and admire? He'd defy everything I've said and turn out a bunch of invisible LaRambla photo -snappers! :-) cheers, ted -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll Sent: January-13-15 10:17 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] 4 Pics Peter, Thank you very much for your arguments, I shall have my thoughts about this. I don?t know if I would be able to communicate to others my instinctive reactions and be able to explain how and why I react to shot, but your questions are very interesting and help a lot. Thank you very much Peter, I will not forget Cheers Lluis El 13/01/2015, a las 06:18, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> escribi?: > Lluis: I think you have many things you could teach, and you have a Web > "presence." Would you be comfortable with teaching? Can you "translate" > what you do by instinct into terms that ordinary people could > understand (especially people who don't understand photography anywhere > near as you)? Would you enjoy doing that? If the answer to these > questions is "yes," then I think you could do great workshops! > > --Peter > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Lluis Ripoll < > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Montie, >> >> Thank you very much for looking and for your comment! Do you really think >> that someone would be able to pay for ? . I would like it ., it will be >> nice >> >> Cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> >> El 13/01/2015, a las 02:44, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> escribi?: >> >>> You should be holding "street photography" workshops! >>> >>> Montie >>> >>> >>>>> Happy Call >>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/16080258500/> >>> MM Lux 75 >>> >>> Enjoying Winter >>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/16241703526/> >>> MM, Lux 35 pre >>> >>> Confidentiality >>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/15645206044/> >>> MM, Lux 50 >>> >>> Cafe Zurich >>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/15647724153/> >>> MM, Lux 75 >>> >>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >>> >>> Saludos cordiales >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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