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Subject: [Leica] Being a fly on the wall
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:12:41 -0500
References: <eb6799211003191147o74f17df3v32d9bca1e57e237d@mail.gmail.com> <51871F98-9D10-4DBF-8B9B-349F1837A5EF@gmail.com>

sounds more like
a bee on the nose or lips
than "fly on the wall" Jeffery

;~)

good luck with it all the same
hope to see the photograph here

(it would be nice if someone could also capture you in this action)

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 1:54 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Well, I'm going to try something new this weekend. I'm going to  
> drive up near someone on the sidewalk, leap out of the car, snap  
> his picture, jump back in the car, and lay rubber all the way down  
> the street.
>
> This thread has inspired me into some real shooting action.
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> 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
>
>
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