Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks B.D. the man in 34 couldn't have been a nicer person - I thought his face fit his personality well. I followed the woman in 35 for a good 5 minutes before she finally stopped long enough for me to ask - she was extremely wary of me as a few others were - only one person asked me if I was with the CIA, and then proceeded to let me take his photo anyway. Interestingly only one person asked me not to take her photo and was quite relieved when I said "no problem, thanks anyway". Dave On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:09:18 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Nice, Dave - My favorites are 34 and 35 - 34 is a warm portrait, and > there's something about 35 that really draws me in...It's probably the > simplicity of the shot and what I see as the toughness of the lady... > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > David Mason > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:46 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Re: Iraq occupation protest - Chicago 3/19/05 > > Oh, for those who care about these things - the b&w are from my M7 with > 35 ASPH Summilux on Ilford XP2 400 - the color shots are from a > Panasonic FZ20 at ISO 200 > > It was a very grey day - I thought the FZ20 performed quite poorly in > those conditions. > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:39:44 -0500, David Mason <masonster@gmail.com> > wrote: > > [sorry, long paragraph to get to me sharing some photos] > > > > I was in Chicago briefly this weekend and took the opportunity to > > wander over to the protest against American presence in Iraq. For you > > neo-con-death-cult-members you will be happy to hear that the turn-out > > > was about 200 or 300 people to about 2000 police officers. For what > > its worth, I think protests are a waste of time as they are so > > overplayed and tend to evolve into unfocussed bitching about some > > supposed 'enemy' . However, we all know they can present interesting > > photo practice as well. As I was thinking about how I don't like > > protests I was also thinking about how I generally don't like protest > > photos as they tend to be just like those photos that are termed > > "street photography" but are really just blurred shots of people > > moving. So in my attendence to this event I decided that I would try > > to ask permission to take people's photographs as much as possible > > (unless I saw something great that needed a quick shot). Most of these > > > shots are taken with the permission of the subjects and I was > > interested in how some of them look candid despite that. My attempt, > > which I think I only scratched the surface of, was to show the variety > > > of good people who do oppose the actions their government has taken. I > > > was less interested in the people yelling at the cops although I did > > grab one or two of them too. > > > > http://dmason.net/protest/ > > > > Comments welcome as long as they are about the photos and not a debate > > > on the politics. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >