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Subject: [Leica] Re:Ted's rant on tilted photography and how he should be flogged
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat Oct 4 09:52:39 2008
References: <72phc3$fb0mb@pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> <004f01c9263e$79c23b90$80f510ac@chris0436b6050>

On Oct 4, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Chris Williams wrote:

> There are books on "how to shoot a wedding"? Crap, I'm way behind.
>
> Guess the only way to fix the "annoying" problem is to shoot  
> weddings with shift lenses? Yeah, that won't slow anything down :)
>
> Lighten up old dude! Show me that finger!
>
> Chris
> NOLA , 4hrs until my next tilted wedding


that's one way to make the groom taller than the bride...


Steve


>
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>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant"
> Subject: RE: [Leica] (no subject)
>
>
>> Kyle I don't recall when it started but it's been a bloody  
>> annoyance every
>> time I see it in a picture! Particularly when the shooter has  
>> buildings and
>> the background tilted on some tangent like the world is sliding  
>> into an
>> abyss!
>>
>> Some think it's "cool?" It probably is if used very well for  
>> effective
>> effect! However I've yet to see one! Most use it just to save their  
>> sorry
>> ass when shooting a crappy content photo!
>>
>>
>>
>> Of course if Mary Ellen Mark did it, so go "her followers!" That  
>> doesn't
>> make it right either!
>>
>> And if the wedding photographers are all doing it, then it's purely  
>> a follow
>> the Pied Piper syndrome because they saw it in some. "How to Shoot A
>> Wedding!" book purchased in the nickel and dime store.
>>
>> Obviously I'm not a happy camper fan with doing tilts just for the  
>> sake of
>> tilting!
>>
>> You are a "Leader of Shooters not a follower!" So knock it off  
>> already! No
>> more tilts! :-)
>
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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] (no subject))
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams) ([Leica] Re:Ted's rant on tilted photography and how he should be flogged)