Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is always the tried and true method of photographing your subject, then, looking right past him/her as if they were suddenly in the way of your shot and accepting, with good spirit, their apology for being in the way. great shots ofHCB. Ned Learned - -- Original Message -- >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 > >-----Original Message----- >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. >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html