Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Robert Stevens' PAW Wk 2
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:47:42 -0600

on 1/15/02 9:09 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:

>> The youngster shot feels caught at an odd moment even though the light may
>> be right...
 
>> ditto from me. The test for me is would he like to be remembered that way
>> ;-)

> I couldn't disagree more with the comments on the second shot. This is a
> wonderful photograph, catching a child being a child. This is what candid
> photography is all about - capturing the moments that most of us see, but
> don't see, and rarely freeze on film. If you want a shot of the child
> cleaned up, smiling for gramps, take him to Sears!;-)

I guess I'm not a fan of mouth open while eating shots on anyone. Change the
child being a child to an adult being an adult would you still think it was
good? It shouldn't only work because it's a child should it? If the mouth
was mostly closed I may have a different opinion.

And no one said they wanted a cleaned up smiling Sears shot...? Do you have
nightmares about that from when you were young ;)
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John 
Chicago, IL 
http://SlideOne.com
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