Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SonC's PAw 15... Candid or Portrait
From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:55:29 -0500
References: <B8E1AF46.E150%Mail@SlideOne.com>

Right.
A good example of sniping is this taken at a public event without
asking:
http://www.sonc.com/week13/churchgrl.htm

and though there was consent, because I was taking lots of pictures at
a private residence:
http://www.sonc.com/paw2/jetmechanic.htm

This is more an informal portrait, taken with full consent.
http://www.sonc.com/paw2/colors.htm

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From: "John Straus" <Mail@SlideOne.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] SonC's PAw 15... Candid or Portrait


> on 4/16/02 9:11 AM, Don Dory at dorysrus@mindspring.com wrote:
>
> > Regarding http://www.sonc.com/paw2/colors.htm
> >
> > I am not sure that this style is sniping.  It really depends on
whether you
> > talk to the individuals or whether you see, frame, shoot, and
disappear. As
> > to the specific image, it is a well done candid portrait of a
Cursiista(lets
> > see what spell check does with that one, oh curviest).
> >
> > You usually don't see the whole regalia unless you are involved so
the
> > natural question would be, are you?
>
> I was asking myself the same thing. Many people call portraits
candids but I
> believe they're two different things. A portrait seems to be when
the
> subject is aware, and a candid is when they are unaware of your
shooting
> them. So sniping would relate to candid but not this type of photo.
Right?
>
> Nothing against the photo Sonny :) but it's now a good example of a
type of
> shot and the words used to describe it.
> --
> John Straus
> Chicago, IL
> http://SlideOne.com
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