[Leica] New Gallery - A Smattering of August

[nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)]

Wade Heninger wrote:

>>...but there are also others which I frankly do not understand:
>>http://www.heninger.org/gallery/2004/augsmattering/pages/ny2004_%2001.htm
>>http://www.heninger.org/gallery/2004/augsmattering/pages/ny2004_%2016.htm
>>http://www.heninger.org/gallery/2004/augsmattering/pages/ny2004_%2019.htm
>>What are you trying to convey with those? Sometimes tilt and unsharpness
>>serve their purpose, indicating dynamism and movement. But in the case
>>of these three, I really only get a sense that they were accidental
>>exposures.
>>
>>Please do not take it the wrong way, I really want to understand your
>>reasoning behind these images.
> 
> 
> No offense taken, and I'm glad you asked.
> 
> Several of those in that gallery were shot in a different style than I
> normally shoot film.  I've shot digital like this a bunch (more on that in 
> a
> second).
> 
> In essence, I was holding the camera vertically with a wide angle lens just
> above the knee. The camera, hanging from its strap and one finger on the
> shutter.  Its like hipshooting only lower. I wanted to get a feel for what
> my M and Hexar could do at that level.  Frankly, most were a bust, but I 
> did
> like these for the dynamic feel they give. They were shot on the move,
> freely in an Egglestonesque manner. They represent a vignette of the larger
> scene in front of me, which I leave to some chance in what I get by not
> framing it properly.  
> 
> In fact, its very much like how I grew to learn to use the digital camera
> weaknesses as their strength - lag times, bad viewfinders, bad resolution
> and try to squeeze something different than perfect framelines and such.
> 
> Make some sense?

Wade--yes, it does. Thanks for the explanation. I too shoot from the hip 
occasionally.

Nathan

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