Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Human Traffic
From: "Marthe & Rene" <marthe.rene@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:02:45 -0400

Hi Dan, hope you bring your own kids with you to the playground.  Around
here parents might not take kindly to a stranger taking pictures of their
kids in a playground.  I would be afraid of someone calling the cops.  I
would find street photography safer.  But having said that, I wonder if
Johnny would have the same laisser-faire reaction from his subjects here in
Canada or the USA.  I believe people might be more confrontational on this
side of the pond.  Speculation on my part. Maybe some of the Luggers can
relate their experience in street photography in the USA and Canada.

Rene
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:58:30 -0400
From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>
Subject: RE: [Leica] Human Traffic

Johnny, I have to say I admire your talent; I am utterly mesmerized by your
photos, and have already wasted _way_ too much time browsing your site.

SNIP-

I tend to be shy by nature, and so in my first few days with the Leica have
not taken many street shots yet.  But I have found a wonderful first step:
playgrounds!  Children are _much_ less intimidating and love the attention.
They can be hard to capture, though, as they move a lot faster.

SNIP