Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner offered: >>I think though thinking we're "invisible" its a relative term often what we're really saying is we're staying out of their way and they're letting us be there. Their process proceeds unhindered is if everything is totally normal.<<< Hi Mark, That sound s similar to what I've said for sometime, "Our responsibility during a documentary is let the subjects always do their thing. And it's our responsibility to find pictures within what they are doing without direction nor posing." And it's as simple as that and be there in body but not influence. ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:23 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] When in doubt ask photographer Ted I'm not sure we're at different ends of the fence when your surgeons are operating they are concentrating very intently of course on what they are doing. You are not in their way. They're not mugging for the camera certainly and you're not asking them too. You're close, right there but not in their way or distracting them in any way if you were of course its life and death and they would have asked you to leave! Same with the politicians you mentioned all very involved with some very intense thing they are doing and not so much worried if you're shooting them from their best angle or not during the Cuban Missile crisis. To me this is sometimes not an issue of blending in its an issue of staying out of the way. They're doing a job so are you. I'm not denying your work here Ted but I'm saying here its easier to get into "invisible" mode when all hell is breaking loose and people are very intent on what they're doing and don't have time to be intent on you! Which is not new news. I think though thinking we're "invisible" its a relative term often what we're really saying is we're staying out of their way and they're letting us be there. Their process proceeds unhindered is if everything is totally normal. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1221 - Release Date: 1/12/2008 2:04 PM