Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:36 PM 3/31/99 -0800, you wrote: >For example, consider the photograph of the Afghan refugee that was on the >cover >of Nat Geo a few years back. I consider that more documentary than portrait. But it's still a stopping of life, and a confrontation with a photographer. (Not necessarily bad, mind you. We all do those kinds of pictures. Just like we all have been saying, real candid photography is tough. We often don't have time to get "real life" photos. The honest approach for the alternative is to do a portrait, rather than pretending to be candid. Thus it all depends on the time required, and allowed that often influences how a picture is done. Even the masters have to live with the time at hand. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch My computer's sick. I think my modem is a carrier.