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Subject: [Leica] photo'ing in a seminar. What would you have done?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sun May 7 11:39:53 2006
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Boy, those are scary thoughts. I'd better thank my lucky stars  Botch 
and Slimy got elected instead of that war-mongering Gore.

B. D. Colen wrote:

>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.' :-)
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>On Sun, 07 May 2006 10:41:49 -0400 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> 
>wrote:
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>
>>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:
>>
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>>
>>>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)
>>>>
>>>>
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