Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Not quite PAW, but please could you take a look
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:46:54 -0700
References: <CB8627D2-DB39-11D7-9032-0003936D8432@camera-craftsman.com>

Hi Simon,
We run together without question as you've explained the conditions.
ted

> Hi Ted.
> 
> There was someone else there.  My uncle was present.  But he was a good 
> 40 degrees (from her point of view) from where I was sitting.  I didn't 
> want to shift anything in the room including people because my main 
> point was to get a photograph of her without making her feel that this 
> was in any way a formal thing.  She was very conscious of her unkempt 
> appearance relative to how she was before her stroke and I wasn't at 
> all sure that she would like to be photographed.  My main concern, 
> vastly over and above any concern about photography, as the feelings of 
> my aunt.
> 
> I do understand the point you are raising, however.  And in fact I have 
> used Karsh's cable release technique on occasions with a tripod-mounted 
> Hasselblad.  But in this case, I still like the eye contact.
> 
> Simon Stevens
> 
> > However, reading or hearing how to do it doesn't always work in real 
> > life
> > moments. Maybe there wasn't a person to speak with her at the time of 
> > the
> > visit.
> 
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