Re: [Leica] "Quick" DOF calculation

[Stephen Holloway <stephen.holloway@balcab.ch>]

Bmceowen@aol.com wrote (in "Quick" DOF calculation thread):
> 
> I looked at this site. I'm actually surprised you're calling it "street
> photography." Even the section titled "street" doesn't seem to fit the genre
> -- or at least my stereotypical view of the genre. There are hardly any
> tilted horizons of anynomous people streaming by the camera or photos of
> people's backs. In fact, a lot of what's here seemed to be multiple photos of
> the same person -- which implies permission and actually working the
> situation -- far from typical "street" photography.
> 

The stuff which most fits your definition can be found in 'Picture of
the Day' (sorry it's about a month old, I've been away). If you've got
the stamina it goes back to Jan 4. More tilted horizons and people's
backs than you can shake a stick at!

I think of my stuff more as 'street portraits'. I use a 50 almost all
the time with very short DOF. I like to get close so they quite often
see me and the reaction can make an interesting picture. I live in quite
a small town so I often meet my subjects again. I normally give them a
print (I carry lots on me) and I always get a positive reaction. If a
subject notices me at the time I give them a card with the web address
on it.

The reason I do it is because I like to look at the pictures, because
other people like to look at the pictures, because I like taking
pictures (especially with an M Leica) and because sometime in the future
someone may delight in finding a shoebox stuffed full of negatives
showing little slices of street life in a small Swiss city at the turn
of the century.

- -- 
Stephen Holloway
http://www.deepturtle.com/steve/photos