Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] As The World Turns
From: David Mason <dcm@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:53:11 -0500

On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 06:20 PM, drb@MIT.EDU wrote:
>
> Permission aside, there seems to be a generally negative attitude 
> towards
> shooting "from the hip" (or basically without raising a camera to your 
> eye).
> What's wrong with clandestine photography?  I'm in the middle of a
> documentary project on student EMTs.  I have permission from the whole 
> class
> and the instructors.  Some of the students, however, clam up and act 
> funny
> when I raise my camera (even my Leica M6 which is so small, so quiet, 
> "looks
> like a toy", etc. etc.).


I think that Starbucks (tm) project that BD's student worked on was 
really interesting for the fact that the camera was known about and yet 
the images still had a candid feel to them... perhaps candid is not the 
right word, the images seemed to capture *real* moments. I learned a 
great deal seeing those shots.


Cheers,

Dave

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