Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > I may be really missing something, but if I'm not mistaken, the point > was that Meyerowitz, who is using an 8x10 camera for his WTC project, > and who uses one for other color, scenic, work, also does street shooting > - not that he does street shooting with an 8x10. No? > Not quite following you BD he is using the 8x10 for street shooting is he not? The concept of using an 8x10 for street shooting would be considered so unlikely impossible unwieldy ... that it would not even be considered by some of our dear departed illustrious Lugnuts of lug wars gone by. NOt worth looking down ones nose at. Your point I'm seeing now is the versatility of the 8x10 camera. View cameras on tripods I'd stretch that out to. And you wont get any argument from me ON THAT ONE. But i think half of it is the tripod. It positions you as part of the landscape. You become a structure. A solid entity not sneaking around. A non duplicitous denomination. You are invisible because you mean direct business. Or much more so than you would be if one tried to sneak around with 35mm cameras therefore putting all eyes on you IN ANY situation. Not YOU personally but MOST and in general. The technique unless done by a master. Tripod shooting is under rated. Who's the Bach of photography? Atget! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html