Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Boy, those are scary thoughts. I'd better thank my lucky stars Botch and Slimy got elected instead of that war-mongering Gore. B. D. Colen wrote: >Oh Walt...you know that if Al Gore had been elected we'd undoubtedly be >tied up in a bunh of pointless wars, we'd have a horrendous deficit, gas >would be approaching a $3.50 per gallon average and headed higher, we >wouldn't be prepared for predictable disasters such as hurricanes and flu >epidemics, corruption would be rampant, we'd all be under the eye of Big >Brother, and even worse - who wants to have a beer with Al Gore. Thank your >lucky stars Gore 'lost.' :-) >___ >Sent with SnapperMail >www.snappermail.com > >...... Original Message ....... >On Sun, 07 May 2006 10:41:49 -0400 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> >wrote: > > >>Holy Smokes Don, >> >>Had we elected Al Gore photography may not have become such a >>security/family values issue. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not fond of >>Gore or most of our elected opportunists. The one thing I'd argue with >>anyone though is the total failure of this current administration. >>Total, complete, unsurpassed in our lifetime. >> >>Walt. >> >>Don Dory wrote: >> >> >> >>>Richard, >>>You did the correct thing. You were in a seminar about photography with >>>other photographers. Photographers take pictures, it would be a >>>really big >>>stretch to believe that photographers will not take photographs. I would >>>have continued to take pictures after the request, just not with that >>>person >>>in the picture. If others objected then I would quit. PC has really >>>gotten >>>too rampant, taking pictures is not child molestation, we have all >>>had tens >>>if not thousands of pictures taken of us and we still have our souls. >>>So, >>>normal rules or politeness apply. You would not take a picture that >>>makes >>>someone look bad(well maybe Al Gore), and you wouldn't take a picture >>>of a >>>group that made something out of context look like something embarrassing >>>was going on. But to record something for your memories, sure. When >>>one of >>>the group raised an objection then you quit, quite right. >>> >>>Don't worry about it. Keep pushing that shutter release. >>> >>>Don >>>don.dory@gmail.com >>> >>> >>>On 5/7/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I was in a seminar today. There were 7 of us, critiquing each other's >>>>work >>>>under the guidance of the lecturer (On topic: she used to use a Leica >>>>too, >>>>may be still does). After a few hours, I thought the interaction >>>>happenings >>>>were good, so I took out my M and shoot here and there. Just a frame now >>>>and then. We went to lunch and after restarting, I started firing off a >>>>shot or two. Then one of the participants looked up and said, she >>>>doesn't >>>>appreciate to be in the pictures, so of course I put the camera away >>>>then. >>>>None of the other people, including the lecturer, spoke up either before >>>>or >>>>after, and I know for sure that they saw me shooting. >>>> >>>>So what would you have done? Not shooting at all since it may be >>>>distracting? Ask permissions in the beginning first? Or? I sort of >>>>figured >>>>that since we are all photographers that being photographing would not >>>>have >>>>been an issue. Guess I was wrong. >>>> >>>>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >>>>please >>>>use richard at imagecraft.com) >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >