Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Ted, Geoff, Philippe, Gerry, Nathan What can I say?, so thank you very much for all these kind and warm words that really touch me. Photography and capture the life is a passion for me, and when I read your comments I'm really happy to know that great photographers as you are say such words? Well? thank you, thank you, thank you! Very best wishes Lluis El 16/10/2013, a las 19:11, tedgrant at shaw.ca escribi?: > Geoff Hopkinson OFFERED: > " <hopsternew at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Subway portraits > > >> And a very good example of how hard Lluis works at his craft as well as >> the >> general cheerful enthusiasm and cooperation of his subjects. >> I was with him there and we had been walking maybe six hours. We were on >> our way to slake our thirsts and get something to eat at Julivert Meu once >> again. >> Lluis was still stopping and chatting to people like this, handing out >> email addresses and generally being friendly and agreeable with the young >> pretty people. > > HI CREW: > In all my years roaming the streets of many countries and certainly > Canada's vast lands. I have never seen anyone shoot as close to subjects > as Lluie does. Many have made similar comments and seen him in action. > Certainly this past couple of years! > > It truly is as though he's invisible........ click! And only a few > meters/yards away from the subject. He must be the MASTER of the LUG in > capturing the largest number of the most interesting street images day > after day. > > When you walk the streets of Barcelona and or in a bar--- pub -- or > restaurant he shoots so close to the subject I'd be afraid of getting a > smack or certainly verbally challenged for putting the camera to my eye. > Lluis? Nope he truly "SEE'S click!" He smiles his wicked little smile. > Subjects generally smile back! > > I fully believe some of us have this ability naturally to walk amongst us > and click without revealing ourselves. Good for them! Others like myself > and many of you work at it as hard as we can walking about. More practice > and "NEVER EVER LOOK LIKE YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG! Always have a > quick pleasant smile ready and never look like your a "government spy!" DO > NOT look away quickly if you are shooting candidly and caught! > Because that's a negative action to the subject. As in? "WHAT'S THAT GUY > TAKING MY PICTURE FOR?" > > IF CAUGHT? SMILE AND GIVE A LITTLE WAVE! Or make a motion you'd like to > take another? But smile, smile and smile. > > So endeth the lesson! :-) > > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information