Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh Walt...you know that if Al Gore had been elected we'd undoubtedly be tied up in a bunh of pointless wars, we'd have a horrendous deficit, gas would be approaching a $3.50 per gallon average and headed higher, we wouldn't be prepared for predictable disasters such as hurricanes and flu epidemics, corruption would be rampant, we'd all be under the eye of Big Brother, and even worse - who wants to have a beer with Al Gore. Thank your lucky stars Gore 'lost.' :-) ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 07 May 2006 10:41:49 -0400 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: >Holy Smokes Don, > >Had we elected Al Gore photography may not have become such a >security/family values issue. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not fond of >Gore or most of our elected opportunists. The one thing I'd argue with >anyone though is the total failure of this current administration. >Total, complete, unsurpassed in our lifetime. > >Walt. > >Don Dory wrote: > >> Richard, >> You did the correct thing. You were in a seminar about photography with >> other photographers. Photographers take pictures, it would be a >> really big >> stretch to believe that photographers will not take photographs. I would >> have continued to take pictures after the request, just not with that >> person >> in the picture. If others objected then I would quit. PC has really >> gotten >> too rampant, taking pictures is not child molestation, we have all >> had tens >> if not thousands of pictures taken of us and we still have our souls. >> So, >> normal rules or politeness apply. You would not take a picture that >> makes >> someone look bad(well maybe Al Gore), and you wouldn't take a picture >> of a >> group that made something out of context look like something embarrassing >> was going on. But to record something for your memories, sure. When >> one of >> the group raised an objection then you quit, quite right. >> >> Don't worry about it. Keep pushing that shutter release. >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 5/7/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I was in a seminar today. There were 7 of us, critiquing each other's >>> work >>> under the guidance of the lecturer (On topic: she used to use a Leica >>> too, >>> may be still does). After a few hours, I thought the interaction >>> happenings >>> were good, so I took out my M and shoot here and there. Just a frame now >>> and then. We went to lunch and after restarting, I started firing off a >>> shot or two. Then one of the participants looked up and said, she >>> doesn't >>> appreciate to be in the pictures, so of course I put the camera away >>> then. >>> None of the other people, including the lecturer, spoke up either before >>> or >>> after, and I know for sure that they saw me shooting. >>> >>> So what would you have done? Not shooting at all since it may be >>> distracting? Ask permissions in the beginning first? Or? I sort of >>> figured >>> that since we are all photographers that being photographing would not >>> have >>> been an issue. Guess I was wrong. >>> >>> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >>> please >>> use richard at imagecraft.com) >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________