[Leica] Re: PAW5

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Thanks, Dave -  as I said, I'm not really sure about it myself. ;-) I
feel better about 5a. But as to triangles, 3rds, etc....I will admit to
really not caring about rules, in terms of my own work, as well as that
of my students. The question for me is not whether rules were applied,
but whether the image 'works;' that and whether the frame was fully
used. One of the first questions I ask my students is whether they know
what's the most important part of the frame - and the answer is...every
square inch of it! Funny thing - when Michael Hintlian came to the class
the other night, he asked them the same question...and they all
said..."the whole thing..." :-) He then made the very important point is
that all you have to work is that tiny hunk of 'real estate' that makes
up the 35 mm piece of film, or a sensor - so make damn sure that you use
the whole thing. Not that you have to fill every part of it, but you
better know why you're leaving empty space if you are leaving it.

Speaking of class....I brought an M6 to class, and my E-1, to pass
around the M6 so the kids could get an idea of what a range finder is. I
talked about, among other things, people's belief in the importance of
working with a near silent camera, and said that everyone has this
belief that the M6 is about as quiet as it gets - after a Rollei TLR
;-). I then fired the M6 in the silent class room, and fired off the E-1
DSLR. And the students told me the E-1 made less noise than the M6...:-)

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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
David Mason
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 10:04 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: PAW5


Certainly not the best B.D. shot I have ever seen - but then you've set
the bar very high for yourself.

Here's what I like: so there are always the compositional things to
think about when taking a photo - thirds rule, etc. The one that I
always find myself returning to (and I always thank my photo mentor for
pointing out to me) is the use of triangles in framing - that is using
the subject and its surrounding to frame the triangles not some off
triangular viewfinder. Well - this shot is chock full of them... plus
other cool framing elements.

Here's what I don't like: it looks like a "from the hip" shot. While we
usually put quotes around that phrase, I would now like to retract them
for this note. This shot appears as though it literally was taken from
the hip and lacks the personal qualities I love from B.D. shots.

Nonetheless, I probably couldn't have done it as well :) Its a good
from-the-hip shot.


Dave
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