Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I also advocate crawling on one's belly like Erwitt's classic picture of the dog's legs. http://www.andrewwardgallery.com/Elliott_Erwitt_Photo_Dog_Legs_New_York_City_1974.htm Just what is OT though ? A disparate group of individual's joined by their possession of Leicas, I think the "User" in the title is very representative as discussion of technique may prompt people to change or experiment. I'd like to have a go at "a bit of a Martin Parr" after someone's gallery (although I had more spinal surgery yesterday). Nathan Wajsman wrote to me personally and thinks my technique is more appropriate for using a field camera, and I do agree, I move like I were setting up a shot for a one-off every time, I never used much film and more often than not found the frame used would be the first one I shot. I did apply view camera technique to M6's but as in the Erwitt example above, bobbing up and down to find an angle, need not necessarily mean that one has to be slow. Philip. Philippe AMARD wrote: > To start with a reminder; this is not me : > http://tinyurl.com/dl8vcm > As a matter of fact I sometimes use a ladder, not always though ;-) > > Other times I may use tricks: this one for instance, > http://tinyurl.com/ccvl4r > monopods/tripods can be helpful sometimes even if this one shot is not > so convincing in terms of colour, or sharpness. > > or that one; but Mark does it so much better than I shooting full format > http://tinyurl.com/dnm4gt > (more if you download the pdf at bottom left corner BTW). > > All this to say that I had told Philip I had used a ladder for the > cherry-tree, off-list, which sparked some jeers or disbeliefs. > Mea Culpa, I should have stated it on this trusted list. > > I'm afraid that in photography, there's not always one truth only. > Maybe this is what makes it so fascinating. > > Bien cordialement ? tous. > Philippe > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information