Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments Jim, I agree about that noseless face I wasn't sure if a crop would have "slimmed up" the photo too much or not though. Cheers, Dave On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:07:46 -0500, Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > Dave: > > There's several good portraits there, I like 028, 034 and 283 the > most... except for the third face w/o a nose in the background. > > Jim > > David Mason wrote: > > > [sorry, long paragraph to get to me sharing some photos] > > > > I was in Chicago briefly this weekend and took the opportunity to > > wander over to the protest against American presence in Iraq. For you > > neo-con-death-cult-members you will be happy to hear that the turn-out > > was about 200 or 300 people to about 2000 police officers. For what > > its worth, I think protests are a waste of time as they are so > > overplayed and tend to evolve into unfocussed bitching about some > > supposed 'enemy' . However, we all know they can present interesting > > photo practice as well. As I was thinking about how I don't like > > protests I was also thinking about how I generally don't like protest > > photos as they tend to be just like those photos that are termed > > "street photography" but are really just blurred shots of people > > moving. So in my attendence to this event I decided that I would try > > to ask permission to take people's photographs as much as possible > > (unless I saw something great that needed a quick shot). Most of these > > shots are taken with the permission of the subjects and I was > > interested in how some of them look candid despite that. My attempt, > > which I think I only scratched the surface of, was to show the variety > > of good people who do oppose the actions their government has taken. I > > was less interested in the people yelling at the cops although I did > > grab one or two of them too. > > > > http://dmason.net/protest/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >