Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once you've established contact, you can shoot from under their armpits. While I shoot with a 35-350mm for podium work, I find that I favor the 12-24mm for general environmental portrait work. Even then I sometimes feel that I Just didn't get close enough. My condolences to the families of the more than 50 photographers who were shot in the back in Sarajevo while working inside 'friendly' lines. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, AGCC http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Sep 7, 2005, at 6:40 AM, feli wrote: >>> It's all a question of attitude. I remember a conversation in >>> Sarajevo - long after the war - when a survivor was telling me >>> how much everyone had detested the photographers who, during the >>> siege, would turn up with their long lenses and sit in an >>> armoured car and wait to get a picture of an old lady getting >>> shot by a sniper on her way to the market. They hated them almost >>> as much as the snipers themselves. I pointed out that I was a >>> photographer too, and that I'd just been taking pictures of him. >>> He said it wasn't the same thing at all. >>> > > >> I saw "War Photographer" a few while back. One thing I noticed is >> that it appears >> that Nactwey doesn't seem to be shoot with anything longer than >> the 2.8/28-70 >> or 2.8/24-70. Pretty much every other shooter in the film seemed >> to have at least one camera >> with a 80-200. Quite often it looked like Nachtwey had a 1.4/35 or >> 24; sometimes even a plain >> 50 mounted. Given the circumstances this man shoots under and the >> photos he produces, >> that is very close. >> >> feli >> > > But you see how respectfuly Nachtwey treats the people he is > shooting and you realize > why they don't mind him being there, especially that close. > > > feli > > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >