RE: [Leica] get the shot or walk on by?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Clarification requested:
In this hypothetical, are you a photojournalist, or just some guy with a
camera?

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Kyle
Cassidy
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:53 AM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: [Leica] get the shot or walk on by?


week 15 is up. hope you're all out shooting:

http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/pad

so, totally unrelated hypotheical question ... you just happen to be
standing around (with your leica of course, because you always carry it with
you) and you witness a Tragic Event, say some girl gets killed by a bus. and
everybody standing nearby is shocked and in that couple seconds, you whip
your camera up to your eye and her boyfriend goes "don't take a photograph
of my girlfriend, you @#$@#, she's dead!" and you're like "get bent dude,
this is a public place." and you snap a shot, or two, the paramedics show
up, you rush down to the local newspaper with your photo, they print it huge
on page one. so how do you feel about it the next day? little sad?
disgruntled someone called you a @#$@#? happy for the page one? happy to be
out shooting w/ your leica? optomistic that your shot will improve bus
safety in the future? feel? i don't feel, i'm a photographer.