Re: [Leica] Re: Street Technique

["Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>]

> on 3/26/01 9:17 AM, Gwpics@aol.com at Gwpics@aol.com wrote:
> 
>> << It's the difference between laying
>> traps and pursuing with a weapon, I suppose. >>
>>
>> Whilst I appreciate that you didn't mean this quite literally, the approach
>> has to be much more subtle. But you must also realise that 9 out of 10 times
>> they assume you are photographing someone (or thing) else and will move out
>> of your way if they spot you.

Johnny Deadman opines:
>
> of course this is a technique in itself... staring PAST the subject as if
> deeply interested in something beyond them. They peer round to see whatever
> it is you're looking at (nothing, of course), can't figure it out, and go
> back to what they were doing. Also useful if someone spots you as you are
> taking the picture... remove camera and stare feelingly at lamppost just
> behind them. Like I say tho I feel less comfortable with these kinds of
> things than I used to.

.....and this is how you evolve with Street Photography after shooting at
least hundreds of rolls of film on the street.

Steve
Annapolis