Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can understand that in the chaos of war and death a flash on a camera would not even be noticed; however, I like to photograph normal, everyday life and spend days with a family until they get used to me. When I take the photos back to them, the families always say that they never even realized I was taking photographs. A flash would destroy that intimacy. People would be self-conscious and pose. Not what I want at all. I have used flash for jobs and have several Leica and Metz flashes. I just prefer natural light 9 times out of 10. Tina On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:19 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG < leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > I remember reading about this one -- while joe is not adverse to making > "natural light" when one doesn't exist, by putting flashes outside of > windows in parking lots, this photo was actual natural light. the woman > sorting the weeds was blind and did everything by feel. he just saw her in > the light and ducked into her house. > > i remember seeing that film War Photographer about Jim Natchwe, and there's > this one scene where a boy has been killed and his family is freaking out > in > the street, just screaming and crying and he's photographing it, and then > the family goes in the house AND HE JUST FOLLOWS THEM, there's a video > camera on his camera, so you can watch, he just follows these people into > their house and photographs them crying and weeping and nobody says "hey, > what the hell are you doing in our house?" > > maybe it's just "think invisible, be invisible". > > > > > On Oct 6, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > So how does a professional keep from drawing attention to himself every > time > > the flash goes off - or are all of the shots posed and planned :-( > > > > Tina > > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com > >wrote: > > > >> don't bet the new house on that Tina. > >> Joe is a master with his tools. > >> And this example could easily include using a flash. > >> A professional will use a flash to achieve a "natural" effect. > >> > >> Regards, > >> George Lottermoser > >> george at imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Oct 6, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> > >>> Now that I love! Natural light ;-) > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:37 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG < > >>> leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> His portfolio weighs very heavily on big crazy lit with 42 flashes > stuff > >>>> because those are the books he's promoting right now, but a lot of his > >>>> national geographic stuff I think is exactly the sort of thing you do: > >>>> > >>>> http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=18&p=4&a=0&at=0 > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com