Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chaz, Taking pictures is always better than not taking pictures, so thanks for sharing. My comments are pretty simple: 1) Get closer to your subject. Much closer. Put shyness in your back pocket and get in the mix. This is a strange feeling at first, but here's one way around it: give yourself an assignment. Make it something very simple, e.g., "today, I shooting fruitstands." Then go and observe fruit stands, start talking to people (customers, owners), get up close and personal and start shooting. Get candids, but also get them looking straight into your camera. 2) Watch your lighting. Esp. with color film and no filter, I wouldn't even bother going out in the mid-day hours, except to reconnoiter. 3) Look for juxtapositions or actions that tell a story. To use a cliché, HCB could have (and probably did) shoot thousands of folks meandering around that railroad station; but the published image is that amazing shot through the fence of a man skipping over a pond. It immediately conjures up the weather, the feeling of rushing around a city, the dirtiness of the city and, of course, some human playfulness in the middle of it all. Bad example, perhaps, because HCB was NOT close to the subject, but you get the point. So, my $.02, for what it's worth, and thanks again for sharing -- the best ways to learn are to shot lots and share much. on 7/27/01 4:30 AM, chaz at cchoy@pacbell.net wrote: > Hi, > I've updated my photo site, feel free to leave comments... > > enjoy, > > chaz > LHSA LUG http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=82353 >