Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 24, 2005, at 10:47 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > > Hi Feli, > Is this scientific? Nope, but it seems to work and that's all that > counts. ;-) It's easily tested even without a camera by walking along > the street looking into the shadow side of the street and seeing how > your own eyes work in or out of the shadows. It's quite interesting. I'll try that. > I think this is one of those kind of urban legend things to some > degree. However, if people are busy and their minds are in action > thinking about other things, the chances are they'll not notice you. > Or people who are involved can be photographed simply because they're > busy about something else and not the moment before them. I'm starting to think the same... nobody is really invisible, some people just do a better impression of being invisible than others. > Actually it's part of not looking right at the person until the camera > is at my eye and then when I put it down I never look at the subject > even though they can be seen in peripheral vision. Always look beyond > them or as though you are looking at something behind them. In some > cases kind of move slightly left or right as though you are trying to > see beyond them, put camera up look at the subject through the > viewfinder, if it's still of interest, shoot. Put camera down and look > again beyond the subject. They never know what the heck you are > looking at. > > And if you should be challenged always meet the question with a smile > and, "Oh sorry I was shooting part of the building right there behind > you." Point at something, smile and say "have a nice day. Thank you." > Walk on.:-) > > Is this one scientific? Nope, but it works! ;-) > > ted Not a bad idea. Thanks Ted! feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com