Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah! A word from one that DOES! See, Erwin IS crazy- like a fox! A practiced 'shooter' can get close without startling the game! Tell, J.D., have you tried a waist level finder, or is it superfluous? Dan ( I wanna be a paparazzi when I grow up....)Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brownlow" <john@pinkheadedbug.com> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Street photography > on 30/7/00 7:03 pm, Krechtz@aol.com at Krechtz@aol.com wrote: > > > I recently saw a televised lengthy interview of Cartier-Bresson (Charlie Rose > > on PBS). He said that he doubted that he would be permitted these days to > > photograph in public places the same way he did decades ago. People, in the > > age of the paparazzi, have become too aware of the presence of photographers > > on the streets and elsewhere. > > There you have it, straight from the mouth of one the greatest champions of > > Leica "candid" photography and spontaneous and more formal portraiture - and > > every bit of it with a 50mm lens. > > Henri should get out more! > > (Okay, he's 90, I forgive him). > > I shoot 5-20 rolls a week in the street... no problem. > > Over on the streetphoto list, funnily enough, the one thing we pretty much > don't discuss any more is the possibility of shooting on the streets... > because we just do it! > > My standard focus distance is 5-8 feet. No-one has pulled a gun on me. > > What can I tell you, except to paraphrase Szarkowski: the hardest thing in > photography is not capturing the 'decisive moment', it's getting the film on > the reel. > > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > >