Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BD0B82.66BC1C60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - ---------- > From: ted grant <75501.3002@compuserve.com> > To: INTERNET:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Winogrand/blind shooting > Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 1:40 AM > > Folks, > > I've seen photographers do this "blind shooting" and always wondered what > the hell they are doing...shooting wild like that? > > As it seems there are a number of "renowned photographers" who shoot in > this fashion, I thought I'd give it a go.:) > > Well either I'm blind in both eyes or there are a bunch of people who > don't have the guts to hold the camera to their eye, focus and shoot the > subject properly framed and composed. > > I shot a pile of rolls strolling around and plinking here and there at > things I thought, "geez look at that!" click, "throw that one away after > development. When I knew damn well, if I'd have shot like a "real > photographer" putting the camera at my eye, I'd have had one hell of a good > photograph. > > Either shooting wildly at the world is a very special technique with a ten > million dollar amount of BS luck, or I'm the stupidest Leica photographer > around. > > Roll after roll just went into file 13 (garbage) as there wasn't anything > but weird angles of the kind that for years I've concluded shot by gutless > photographers afraid to face the subject quickly, quietly and unobserved. > Remeber we are talking about using "near silent" M cameras! > > You see, I think any idiot can walk around with a 28mm lens set at f22 and > never look through the view finder and get a great collection of weird > angled pictures that are virtually meaningless, unless some wordsmith puts > sweet talking words to them saying how great they are. Which in turn makes > a lot of photographers believe "hey if it's good for Willy Wonkie to shoot > like that and get books published, I guess I better start shooting in that > fashion also." Wrong!!!!!!!! > > Quite frankly, to hell with this shooting blindly stuff! If you don't have > the balls to put the camera to your eye and shoot, "learn how!" > > Jeeeeeesh, I know I'm in trouble again! :) oh well what the hell, I'm > sounding like an old grouch this morning.:) Merry Christmas everyone! :) > > ted - ------=_NextPart_000_01BD0B82.66BC1C60 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial"><br><br>----------<br>> From: ted = grant <<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>75501.3002@compuserve.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000">><br>> To: INTERNET:<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us</u><font = color=3D"#000000"><br>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Winogrand/blind = shooting<br>> Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 1:40 AM<br>> = <br>> Folks,<br>> <br>> I've seen photographers do this = "blind shooting" and always wondered what<br>> the hell = they are doing...shooting wild like that? <br>> <br>> As it seems = there are a number of "renowned photographers" who shoot = in<br>> this fashion, I thought I'd give it a go.:)<br>> <br>> = Well either I'm blind in both eyes or there are a bunch of people who = <br>> don't have the guts to hold the camera to their eye, focus and = shoot the<br>> subject properly framed and composed.<br>> <br>> = I shot a pile of rolls strolling around and plinking here and there = at<br>> things I thought, "geez look at that!" click, = "throw that one away after<br>> development. When I knew damn = well, if I'd have shot like a "real<br>> photographer" = putting the camera at my eye, I'd have had one hell of a good<br>> = photograph. <br>> <br>> Either shooting wildly at the world is a = very special technique with a ten<br>> million dollar amount of BS = luck, or I'm the stupidest Leica photographer<br>> around.<br>> = <br>> Roll after roll just went into file 13 (garbage) as there = wasn't anything<br>> but weird angles of the kind that for years I've = concluded shot by gutless<br>> photographers afraid to face the = subject quickly, quietly and unobserved. <br>> Remeber we are talking = about using "near silent" M cameras!<br>> <br>> You see, = I think any idiot can walk around with a 28mm lens set at f22 = and<br>> never look through the view finder and get a great = collection of weird<br>> angled pictures that are virtually = meaningless, unless some wordsmith puts<br>> sweet talking words to = them saying how great they are. Which in turn makes<br>> a lot of = photographers believe "hey if it's good for Willy Wonkie to = shoot<br>> like that and get books published, I guess I better start = shooting in that<br>> fashion also." Wrong!!!!!!!!<br>> = <br>> Quite frankly, to hell with this shooting blindly stuff! If you = don't have<br>> the balls to put the camera to your eye and shoot, = "learn how!"<br>> <br>> Jeeeeeesh, I know I'm in trouble = again! :) oh well what the hell, I'm<br>> sounding like an old grouch = this morning.:) Merry Christmas everyone! :)<br>> <br>> ted</p> </font></font></font></font></font></body></html> - ------=_NextPart_000_01BD0B82.66BC1C60--