[Leica] A K.I.S.S. situation IF ONLY?

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Ted,

I thank you very much your words that I appreciate a lot, I would like add some comments to the situation when I’ve shot this one.

I think that in street photography there is a certain amount of be lucky, on this picture, this was the case too. But I also recognize that luck come to us when we are looking for it, as you say in your DVD and your books, the art of observation develops in my opinion a certain intuition, probably as the hunter make (I’m not a hunter but I suppose they develop too a high degree of intuition), secondly, this is like an exercise, more you do it more you are used on it, have the camera preset and move your eyes on the street like a scanner will do to find … things, on this case both elements was joined, intuition and camera and eyes prepared, the great surprise was that in the moment I was putting the camera on my eyes she has make the expression you see in the picture, this was a millesimal part of a second and I’ve not hesitate, KISS!!!! and captured all these things you have mentioned. Lucky? …. yes… but everyone who want capture unexpected moments should be pro-active in his attitude.

On the other hand I’m a little deceived because I see the comments and reactions of my LUG friends and other reactions and there are different, IMHO the LUG is a place with great photographers and people with a classical photographic culture based on the good taste and good classical principles. I see that reactions are different with the people I meet in i.e. Facebook, Flickr … I’m usually deceived seen many photographers that they think they are doing street photography and the only thing that they are doing is photography in the street, I see too many pictures of someone walking, or with the famous “bokeh” effect of the super new lenses i.e. Noctilux 0.95, others… too many, they photograph mendicants, or people with over processed clarity on their faces. When Nathan and Lars has came to Barcelona we have visited the Salgado’s exhibition “Genesis”, we was deceived, almost was more technology than "image - power - communication”, I’ve visited in y life several exhibitions of Salgado “The Sahel”, “Workers”, “Exiled”…. was for me true photography, the image had a power by itself not by the added value of technology and spectacularity, it seems that the trends are going on this sense.

I see that many people want go to …. i.e. India to do photography. When I was more young I wanted too, but I couldn’t do it, up to this moment the reflection we shall do IMHO is why it is interesting photograph a person with big whiskers, wrinkles, turban… and not our everyday neighbors in La Rambla? . As HCB says, we shall have the attitude of be surprised everyday by the everyday things around us, and we shall made a intelectual effort to identify them. 

I would appreciate very much know your and others opinions about my thoughts, if I was famous, believe me, more than once I would say in facebook or other sites “Why did you photograph this? … this is rubbish!"

Thank you my dear friend!

Cheers
Lluis



El 27/01/2015, a las 19:35, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribió:

> Lluis Ripoll OFFERED:
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> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> This picture is what uncle Ted says, KISS!. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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> Hi Lluis,
> An absolutely stunning moment in street photography! Let alone human
> nerve-muscle re-action!
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> FOR EVERYONE!! 
> Particularly those wishing to be "street photographers? Or imagine they
> are?" A few things to consider as to what makes this particular photograph
> so "SEE / MIND/ RE-ACTION / UNBELEIVEABLE!
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> 1/ The walking lady is coming toward Lluis. His sight must see her facial
> expression. Mind re-acts.... "WOW! He also sees' poster of girl & expression
> in window! WOW! Nerve endings in mind go into action at lightning speed!
> Send message through body to hand and out to finger tip.  DON'T FORGET
> STREET LADY IS STILL MOVING... 
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> 2/ His eyes / mind / message to finger... "press shutter release!" Faster
> than I can type this!
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> 3/ Finger moves at lightening speed or faster before street woman walks out
> of frame! ERGO! Spoiling composition!  
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> 4/ And I bet none of you considered all that AND PROBABLY MORE goes on
> before he "CLICKS" such an incredible photo moment!
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> LLUIS!!! KING OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS!!!!! :-)
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> KISS IS EVERYTHING! :-) 
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> cheers,
> Dr. ted  :-)
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