[Leica] IMGS: Families of Abraham

[tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)]

Thank you, Ted! Your opinion means everything to me!

Tina 

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> On Jan 9, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tina,
> Now your "Families of Abraham" is a wonderful documentary without question!
> Beautiful photos with short cut-lines. GOOD ON YOU!!!!!! 
> 
> You "the photog" were physically there but the people didn't see you 
> because
> you were silent with nothing more than "dynamic observation" and a quiet
> click of a LEICA!
> The most important part?   "Keeping ones mouth shut, but for the once in
> awhile almost silent click of a Leica!" You have a cross-section of lenses
> allowing you to reach into the scene without the subjects being the least
> bit aware you are taking their photos. Your movements are carefully chosen
> not to create the least amount of visual distraction as you move carefully
> about the room. And finally you have a wonderful understanding of using
> available light!
> 
> I would say quite similar to Lluis in Barcelona in how he makes himself
> invisible when standing but several feet from his subjects! Amazing to 
> watch
> and admire him click away and the subjects rarely if ever make any point
> he's but a few feet away from them! 
> This documentary of yours is an incredible learning project for many of the
> crew who's photography is but a series of one photo a week or so. Of course
> they expose more than one frame, but of the same object/subject/whatever? 
> But not telling a story with photos.
> Well done girl looking through a series on the same subject and observing
> the telling of a story can be so inspiring! Wonderfull!!
> cheers,
> Ted Grant OC 
> 
> 
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