Re: [Leica] GeeBees' PAW Week 26

[Michael Gerard <geeman1066@earthlink.net>]

Graham,
    LOL on the stranger description.  Yes, this does seem like an awkward way
to do things.  Who says, though, that standing a bit further back and using a
normal lens or a short telephoto is wrong?  That could buy you a few extra feet
of comfort, which isn't a bad thing with the way that we human beings like our
personal space...
    Anyway, if you aren't enjoying the Stranger project, I am.  So I'd counsel
you to stick with it if for no other reason than to provide LUGers like myself
with further amusement.
Regards,
Michael Gerard
geeman1066@earthlink.net

geebeespaw wrote:

> From: "Michael Gerard" <geeman1066@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: 02 July 2002 05:37
> Subject: Re: [Leica] GeeBees' PAW Week 26
>
> > Graham,
> >     I like the train in the shot, and love the way that the smoke mixes
> > with the clouds.  Why did you decide to include so much sky in the shot?
> > Just curious...
> >     Also, my compliments on your latest batch of strangers shots.  My
> > theory is that the reason why you are getting so much better on these is
> > because you are less anxious approaching strangers, and so are better able
> > to think about exposure, framing and composition. If my theory is true,
> > that would mean that the project is having its intended effect.  Any truth
> > to my theory?
> > Regards,
> > Michael Gerard
> > geeman1066@earthlink.net
> >
> > geebeespaw wrote:
> >
> > > Week 26
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_26.html
> > >
> > > PAW Index
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/paw_index.html
> ======================================================
> Michael,
> Thanks for the input. I included loads of sky because I felt that it was
> more photogenic than the foreground because of the fence between the cycle
> track and the train line. That said, I would have probably gone with the sky
> if the fence wasn't there :-) I love good skies in photographs and we are
> getting an amazing run of them at the moment.
> The strangers thing? It's not getting any easier. If it were I would go out
> this week and polish them off. The standard has improved with the inclusion
> of some 'context' shots but I feel it does compromise the rules of 'in the
> street' and 'fill the frame'. The 'context' stuff is a little easier only
> because I can stay back a bit and not have to shove the camera in someones'
> face to fill the frame. In addition the subject feels more comfortable if
> they can understand my reason for wanting to photograph them.
> You may get a feel for the degree of my discomfort by stopping someone in
> the street, asking their permission to take a shot from uncomfortably close
> range and then asking them for their name. I break out in a cold sweat just
> writing it down.
> Graham
>
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