Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most of my urban images are what I call "urban landscapes" rather than classic street photography, and so the people in them are compositional elements rather than the main subjects. There are exceptions, of course, like the picture of the couple with a small dog I posted in week 4. Let me not kid myself--partly this is because I do not have the balls to stick the camera in people's faces as some of us do. I wish I did. Nathan Ric Carter wrote: > I find that using the backside makes the person more strictly an > element of the composition. > > The face often brings the personality and thinking of the person into > the equation. While this is often desirable, it is not always. > > While I wouldn't modify Ted's rule to "Shoot from the backside," I > think it can often work quite well;^) > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies > > > > On Feb 5, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: > >> Lately a number of our group have posted various street photos where >> we're seeing the backs of folks. I'm having a negative reaction to >> these. I view street photography as similar (maybe even identical) to >> wild life photography. And if I saw photos of the backs of Doug's >> birds - I'd have a similar reaction. I want to see the creature's >> expression; both body language and facial. And of course there's >> exceptions to every rule (I've also seen the occasional extraordinary >> photo of "back sides"). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!