Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think it "ruins" spontaneity so much as "shifts" it to a different form of spontaneity. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 19, 2010, at 2:42 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Does ruin the spontaneity, though. > > > On Dec 15, 2010, at 9:26 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote: > >> A few years back i showed a photo that I'd taken in a night club to Mary >> Ellen Mark. I thought my shot was Pretty Awesome but Mary Ellen waved it >> off. "You should have had an assistant with a light on a pole, right >> about here," she said and moved on. "Who on Earth would have an assistant >> with a light on a pole?" I thought to myself, believing my photo exactly >> As Good As It Needed To Be. And over the years, I've realized that every >> bit of criticism she ever gave me was spot on. My photo was okay, at >> best, but it could have been better. >> >> So for those Brooklyn shots I had an assistant with a 32 inch Photek >> Softlighter II following me around. The flash was fired by Pocket Wizards.