Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had no trouble until after 9/11. Then people started questioning me even if I wasn't photographing them. Photographing children is least problematic when I am in a very populated setting but not a playground. Everyone now and then, there are excited children in Jackson Square with parents nearby, and they haven't spoken up, especially if I get down to the child's level by sitting on my butt or crouching on a knee. > On Jul 18, 2021, at 4:53 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > At least in the U.S. with the proper attitude(street photographer boldness, > acting like you definitely belong in the setting) I have no difficulty > photographing children in many different settings. In the past two years I > have only been asked to quit once; it was at a school during classes and > the teachers on duty on the playground told me it was against policy. This > made sense with a relatively high quantity of child abductions by a > relation. > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:50 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> > wrote: > >> I poked around and found 13 pictures that I am certain were taken with >> my Elmar 90 f/4. >> I almost always shot it wide open, but I never wrote that kind of >> information down so I can't be sure. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/elmar90f4/ >> >> Most of these pictures are from a trip I took to Paris in the summer of >> 1972. This is because on that trip, I had only the Elmar 90 and a 35 >> with me, and obviously none of these was taken with a 35. So I didn't >> have to stop and ponder what lens I had used. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/elmar90f4/ >> >> All Tri-X at ASA400 (the ISO wasn't created for at least another 10 >> years after these pictures were taken). Developed in HC-110 and scanned >> on a Nikon LS-4000. >> >> It is unusual for me to post pictures of anything but my grandchildren, >> but I have done other stuff, too.... >> >> I tracked down the parents of the two boys shown in picture #7 and sent >> them each an 8x10 print. Back then it was common to use US paper sizes >> for European frames, but a decade later it was all A4. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information