Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Rob - I don't know whether you're being serious or sarcastic, but in some ways I hope it's the later..:-)..In any case, your initial comment about it's being like a wedding is right on...think wedding without bride and pain-in-the-ass mother-of-the-bride..!:-) And good luck! B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob Heyman Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 6:18 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Need help with a Family Reunion! Thank you for the very prompt reply and the thought you have put into it. > There are really only a couple of things I can suggest, Rob: > > First, give a great deal of thought to the meaning of the event before it > occurs: Why is the family doing this? What will it mean to future > generations? What will people want to remember? What might be visually > interesting? What might a stranger want to see? This is all good advice, and it is reminiscent of the way we must think at a wedding! It just requires me to adjust my usual "portrait mode" thinking. > > > Second, try your damndest - and this is really hard - to view the event and > shoot it as an outsider might: the more you can separate your personal > emotional baggage from your shooting, the better the work will be from a > documentary point of view. Probably the most difficult part of the exercise.... > > > Third, always keep in mind that the only things that show up on film will be > those sights you see through the viewfinder. The person looking at your > prints will not know what someone said just before you released the shutter, > won't know what music was playing, what food was cooking, etc. > > And finally - GET CLOSE.:-) > Thank you Master, when I have done the job I will post some for your evaluation and a mark out of 100. I think your advice will help me, not only at this event, but in most of my other work as well. I have never actually written down job descriptions, but I think I will start right now. I will print out your list and stick it to the top of my camera case. That way I will be prompted to check my progress every time I reach in to change a lens. Rob - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html