Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks again, Ted. The beer consumption was highly beneficial on at least 3 counts: - - it took away the people's inhibitions so that they did things worth photographing - - it took away their reservations (if any) about being photographed - - and it took away the photographer's inhibitions... Cheers, Nathan Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Nathan, > Your Oktoberfest pictures are wonderful in capturing the tone of life and > living in Munchen while the Oktoberfest is on. The people have such a > wonderful laisse-faire attitude it's exciting to be around them with very > interesting picture possibilities every where. > > They exhibit no inhibitions while having a wonderful time being completely > oblivious of the camera. Of the many locations in the world I've shot > assignments, Munich and the Oktoberfest always rank in the top 5 for > excitement, fun and wonderful picture possibilities without any hassles from > visitors or locals. > > One thing while shooting with Leica's were the many folks who made comments > on the camera and that my pictures would be the very best because of it! ;-) > And certainly they were right! ;-) > > Although I think the effects of a few liters of the golden elixir also had > something to do with the results when it washed away my inhibitions of > taking pictures of total strangers in a foreign country. :-) > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html