Re: [Leica]kEEPING CAMERA TO EYE

[Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>]

That's funny as hell. 
Lately this site needed it badly.


- --- kiklaas@iinet.net.au wrote:
> I thought your advice extremely useful, Ted. I see
> your point about the up 
> and down and drawing attention by these movements.
> 
> I'll really know I've got it right when my M6 needs
> Oil of Ulay before 
> retiring each evening.  (LOL)
> 
> Karina
> 
> 
> > Michael Gerard wrote:
> > >>However, because the sun was going in her eyes,
> she
> > > assiduously avoided turning to look at my wife. 
> I had to wait about 
> ten
> > > minutes for my shot, and rather than sitting
> there with my camera at my
> > > eye, which would have drawn too much attention
> to the fact that I was
> > > taking pictures, I dropped it to my chest. 
> Bottom line, I missed the
> > > shot a couple of times, may have gotten it five
> or six times, and even
> > > shot one from the chest.  Any suggestions from
> the LUG on how I might
> > > have done this differently, or was I right in
> working this way?<<<
> > 
> > Hi Michael,
> > 
> > Number one with the camera in your lap or hanging
> at yer belly you'll 
> never
> > or rarely ever, catch what your eyes see! Takes
> too long for the 
> movement of
> > camera to eye, focus, mind and finger to re-act.
> > 
> > What you see isn't what you'll put on film unless
> it's rocks, ferns or
> > peeling paint.
> > 
> > In this situation you should've put the camera to
> your eye and kept it
> > there! Even though you thought they figured you
> were taking pictures it
> > wouldn't have mattered even if you shot everytime
> the light was right!
> > Keeping the camera at the eye is much better than
> putting it up and down
> > creating an eye catching motion  That's what gives
> you away, not the
> > actual taking of the picture, it's up down up
> down... it becomes a motion
> > which catches the eye and gives you away that
> you're taking pictures.
> > Certainly in the situation you describe in a
> confined area..
> > 
> > As it is, everytime you did shoot or attempted to
> you created a movement
> > moment for the subject to re-act and become
> uncomfortable because she
> > thought you were taking a picture whether you did
> or not.
> > 
> > Besides the first time you put camera to eye and
> focused you created an
> > awareness in the subject that you're taking her
> picture, but if you leave
> > the camera there, never moving it she then doesn't
> know whether you are
> > shooting or not. And in many cases like this most
> lay people think they 
> have
> > to see a flash to take the picture. No flash is
> best as they quickly 
> forget
> > and get on with the conversation.
> > 
> > So staying put they tentatively forget you, even
> though the camera is
> > pointed right at them. Now you know what to try
> the next time.  Your
> > welcome. :-)
> > ted
> > 
> > Ted Grant Photography Limited
> > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
> > 
> > 
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