Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed! For 280 pounds you get a lot of slack. You could even use your right hand for the fork for that kind of money. :) Seriously, it's not the same, not at all. Daniel On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, bdcolen wrote: > It's more than slightly different, Simon. In the first example you gave > you were a guest in a private home; in this case you will be an attendee > at a public event open to anyone willing to fork over 280 pounds...I > wouldn't hesitate for a moment to shoot anything and everything at the > later, while I would have shared your hesitation to shoot at the first. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Simon > Greenwood > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:41 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] What Makes a good Picture? > > > Have you brought up the subject to your friend, > > the host of the affair, since ? > > > > - Phong > > No, but I should. On Saturday I can feel the whole thing repeating > itself, as I am attending a gala dinner at a London Hotel with all of > them and more. There will be a slight difference, as I will have paid > £280 for the tickets, and I will be in a relatively public place. > > Simon > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:11 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] What Makes a good Picture? > > > > Simon, > > > > I am with you. This is a delicate situation. > > I would ask the host and hostess, and with their > > consent, play it by ear. People even celebrities > > react all differently anyway. Some will play to > > your camera, others will feel their privacy, in > > a private setting, invaded. Especially the ones > > who don't know you, I would presume. > > > > Have you brought up the subject to your friend, > > the host of the affair, since ? > > > > - Phong > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Simon > > > Greenwood > > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 7:46 AM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] What Makes a good Picture? > > > > > > > > > I take your point Don, but whist I would not hesitate in taking > > > pictures > of > > > my friends, and indeed I did of the host and his wife, it was the > > > first > time > > > I had met his industry colleagues who all knew each other from award > > > > ceremonies etc.., and to that extent I was an outsider. > > > > > > The additional factor was that my camera was the only one in the > > > place. Would you light a cigar when you are at a party, and of 60 > > > people, not > one > > > was smoking? > > > > > > best regards > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:50 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] What Makes a good Picture? > > > > > > > > > > Simon, I would like to suggest that your logic is flawed. You are > > > concerned > > > > that it would be a breach of confidence to take pictures as the > > > > images > > > could > > > > be sold. As you were invited you are part of the "club" and > > > > therefore > you > > > > would be documenting the event as a family. The "famous" people > > > > might > even > > > > like copies to remember a pleasant evening. > > > > > > > > I say this as my travels bring me into contact with some fairly > prominent > > > > people and I frequently take pictures of them and their children. > > > > > The parties enjoy candids and trust me to not breach their trust > > > > by > flooding > > > the > > > > world with pictures of their families, which I don't. > > > > > > > > The key is in your head, you belong in the club and with a camera > > > > as unobtrusive as a Leica taking several rolls during the evening > > > > would > not > > > > intrude into your or their pleasure. Documenting this event would > bring > > > > pleasure to all parties if shared with discretion. > > > > > > > > Even the most famous, richest, and media shy families have photo > albums of > > > > family snaps and memories of good times. Someone took those > > > > pictures, > why > > > > not you? > > > > > > > > Don > > > > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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