Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One candid picture that worked very well with the subject looking straight at the camera is Eisenstaedt's shot of Joseph Goebbels. It is the image of a sinister and evil personality. It would not have worked at all if Goebbels didn't look straight at the camera. Ben Eric Welch wrote: > At 05:04 PM 3/31/99 +0200, you wrote: > >To sum up, I don't think we can generalize about > >eye-contact; there are too many other important variables. > > Of course, Bruce, you are right. Depends on the intent of the photographer, > and whether it's a portrait, or proposed to be candid. > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > My computer's sick. I think my modem is a carrier.