Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan- who stole the diplomat's limo near Alicante? It was in the local paper. Stasys On Jul 26, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Nathan showed: > > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 29: human traffic Alicante > > > > A week of human traffic around Alicante. Any se?oritas and se?oras > > appearing in the images are purely incidental and none have been > > objectified as far as I can tell. I have also been careful to keep the > > gender ratio as close to 50/50 as practicable: > > > > http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/?page_id=271 > > > > Hi Nathan, > > Each time you post a new set of photographs, or it seems? When you > start > out, do you have a theme of subject in your mind to watch for? Or is it > purely walking the street shooting whatever visual moment catches your > eye? > > > > In other words ? ?this morning I?m looking for father and child type > situations?? Or old men doing nothing or something off the norm or > quietly > napping?? Or whatever subject you may think of? It seems you always or > nearly so, have a visual continuity of subjects making the series far > more > interesting rather than a rambling all over the wall collection of > happy > snaps without any connection than they are some kind of meaningless > photo. > > The other side of this is to go out open minded and let the visuals > take > their course as and if they happen? I?ve shot in both fashions when > shooting > documentary assignments and had success with both. But the theme seems > to > work better because you look harder with a start and end point. > > Just a passing thought that might help others who leave home for a walk > thinking? ?I?m going to shoot some pictures.? Then when the walk is > over > they may or may not have some neat images or just a bunch of exposures. > Worse? No interesting observations creating keeper photos ending with > ?select all, delete all!? :-( > > Ted > > > > PS: > >>>> Any se?oritas and se?oras appearing in the images are purely >>>> incidental > and none have been > > objectified as far as I can tell.<<< > > Please do not let the previous nonsense of PC ramblings due to an over > active mind block your vision in shooting photographs as you see them > in the > light of the day or night! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >