Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't have much experience doing "fly on the wall" on the streets. However, at parties, everyone knows that I am the one with the camera. I mean, everyone has a camera by now, but I will just keep shooting. I didn't post this here because it's not interesting to people not in the party, but here's something I did last weekend: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/Hiku2010/ The host is shipping out to the air force, and the next time we will see her properly won't be for another 2 years or so.... On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > Depends entirely on what the photographer intends to > portray/say/express/create. > > "be a fly on the wall and attempt to document reality" > represents only one intention and approach. > > "get to know your subject and attempt to capture intimate portraits" > another intention and approach > > and the list goes on - hopefully without end > > no matter how you bring the camera into the scene > your and your camera's presence will alter the scene > (unless you're a surveillance camera on a pole for a year; > in which case most people will have - unfortunately - forgotten your > presence) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > On Mar 19, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > Vince said >> >> The more they feel discomfort from you the better the >> >> chance you're doing something right. >>> >>>> >>>> >>> But if you are affecting the shot by your behavior, isn't that just the >> same as altering it in Photoshop? >> >> Seems to me you are no longer showing, but now intruding. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> (+31.754164,-093.099080) >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]