Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]User Surachai V. at UNESCAP4 is not defined Original text follows ---------------------------------------------- Received: from gatekeeper5.un.org by mail-in2.un.org (SMTPLINK V2.11.01) ; Wed, 11 Jun 97 21:29:56 EST Return-Path: <owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Received: by gatekeeper5.un.org; id AA020807822; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:23:42 -0400 Received: from mejac.palo-alto.ca.us(192.147.236.1) by gatekeeper5.un.org via smap (V3.1) id xma001754; Wed, 11 Jun 97 18:22:33 -0400 Received: by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us id AA27624; Wed, 11 Jun 97 10:57:31 -0700 Received: by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us id AA27616; Wed, 11 Jun 97 10:57:27 -0700 Received: from 38.11.178.215 (ip156.san-diego.ca.pub-ip.psi.net [38.11.178.156]) by iceland.it.earthlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA16707 for <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:57:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <339EE7F2.CE2@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:02:52 -0800 From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net> Organization: Donal Philby Photography X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; U; 68K) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: Black or Chrome? References: <970611154234_75501.3002_GHJ53-2@CompuServe.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Precedence: bulk Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us ted grant wrote: The "amateur look" helps and if you kinda look like a bit > fumbling goes along way also. Ted and gang, I really think it has more to do with attitude than camera. Of course, a small camera and right attitude together help. I remember back when I started shooting and doing a lot of documentary, that I trained myself (after reading about HCB "disappearing" when he clicked the shutter) to pull in my energy, to suspend my judgements. When I did that I went places and shot things and felt invisible, whether street shooting or inside a situation. Interestingly, when I changed careers to doing advertising copywriting, I found that I had pulled in my energy so much, that I was invisible in meetings. So I had to learn to project energy and dominance to get heard. Now I am somewhere in between, but starting to be able to bounce back and forth more easily. I read an interview with Eddie Adams in which he was asked how he could photograph a "monster" like Saddam Hussein. He said he liked Hussein - ----while he photographed him-------otherwise it would be impossible. It was simply a professional need to adapt your attitude to the job at hand, to suspend your judgement and be a journalist. I'm sure Fred Ward has similar experiences and ability. I find that when I suspend judgements, that the discomfort is suddenly gone--both mine and that of the people I may be around. Donal Philby San Diego