Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that Starbucks (tm) project that BD's student worked on was really interesting for the fact that the camera was known about and yet the images still had a candid feel to them... perhaps candid is not the right word, the images seemed to capture *real* moments. I learned a great deal seeing those shots. Cheers, Dave - ----- Dave - For some bizarre reason there seems to be a common belief that if people know you have a camera, and are taking photos, you won't be able to get "real" "candid" photos. I find that if you're relaxed about what you're doing, and you are spending some period of time with your subjects, they will - with rare exceptions - relax and forget that you are shooting them. Take a look at any documentary photo book - say Eugene Richards' Cocaine book, or, for that matter, Ted Grant's doctor book, and you will see completely candid photos, taken under some pretty amazing circumstances - - with the subjects well aware that photos are being taken. Or at least where the subjects were, at one point, aware that photos were being taken. B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html