Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the explanation Steve. Now we know what was the guy with the iMac reacting to....;-) naughty, naughty...yey, yey?... D. On Oct 30, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information