Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Was it the M camera? No, It was probably the fact that YOU were not self conscious about what you were doing. If you feel uncomfortable and you feel like you are doing something wrong then who ever you are photographing will probably feel the same way. I don't know how many times I have been on the streets making photos for various publications for the past ten years sometimes using lenses up to and including 300 2.8, not even close to discreet. People look right at me pointing the camera at them, I don't even lower it just keep pointing it the same way. They go back to what they are doing and ignore me...no problems. I have only had problems once. The day after the Rodney King riots I was in downtown Atlanta photographing the front of the downtown Macey's and a gang car pulls right through my photo. They were waving guns around threatening to kill me for shooting their photo, I just avoided eye contact, camera held half way down in a semi relaxed posture and prayed they were just all talk that day. Scared to death all over a stupid business photo, shit what a day that was! And on that day I was using an R6 with 90 summicron, Thank goodness it wasn't the 300 or I would probably be dead. :) Best regards, Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto preview my book: http://www.volmania.com mailto:hmcclary@earthlink.net Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.