RE: [Leica] picking pockets with an M

[BOB KRAMER <BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com>]

To me it is two different techniques for two different types of photography.
When a photographer is being paid to document an event, I agree that keeping
the camera to one's face is a good technique.  But on the street where one's
purpose is not nearly so clear, the "quick draw" technique works well.

Even HCB appears to have kept the camera to his eye more when he was in a
more photojournalist type mode, per these shots of him in action during a
NYC parade:

http://www.frankpaulin.com/hcbressonfiles/images/Cartier-Bresson-4.jpg

http://www.frankpaulin.com/hcbressonfiles/images/Cartier-Bresson-5.jpg

BK

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From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
Subject: RE: [Leica] picking pockets with an M

Bob - To further muddy the waters here, one thing that I have found - and I
don' think this applies to street shooting - is that there are times when
the thing to do IS leave the camera glued to your face. If I am spending a
day with a family, or any subject, and just sit in a corner watching someone
through the viewfinder, I think the camera becomes part of my faces as far
as the subject is concerned: it is quickly forgotten. What draws attention
is often the snapping the camera up and down - the motion draws the
subject's eyes.
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