Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 29, 2005, at 10:44 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > This is an interesting observation for me, Ted.... > > faces on conventional screens, we're able to see where people belong > in relation to one another or their surroundings" > chop.................. > I had the same reaction as Ted - the man at the computer had context > while only the man on the telephone had any sense of context at all. > chop........................... > I believe Steve's portrait of the man and his computer - and, of > course, his eyes - is what gives the image it's power and why I > reacted to it. > chop............ > On 10/29/05, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: >> It's a completely different photograph to a "portrait style" as we >> see in >> the other pictures. I don't doubt Steve is going to achieve the >> kind of eye >> series he has in mind, but it's not an easy subject to shoot. Well >> any >> subject is a tough thing to shoot when building a series of excellent >> photographs, but he'll do it. thanks guys.... I have learned from your viewpoints and this intriguing discussion. Here are the facts... they are true....(and my nickname is not Scooter...). I went to a camera store here in Phoenix... I took a roll of film...BW400CN. I borrowed from their stock a Leicaflex SL and a Summicron 90mm f2, off the shelf...and I used this equipment, shooting the roll of film over the next 30 minutes, of the employees at work in the shop. voila..film developed, PS, some cropping... context, clear or not... at work, same room, within 20 feet of one another... camera people... all reacting one way or another... looking or not. Steve