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Subject: [Leica] Being a fly on the wall
From: tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:56:53 +0100
References: <eb6799211003191147o74f17df3v32d9bca1e57e237d@mail.gmail.com> <51871F98-9D10-4DBF-8B9B-349F1837A5EF@gmail.com>

I wish I were a fly on the wall. With a video camera to shoot the  
scene...

All the best from the south of France!

Tarek

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Tarek Charara
<http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>

NO ARCHIVE



Le 19 mars 10 ? 19:54, Jeffery Smith a ?crit :

> Well, I'm going to try something new this weekend. I'm going to  
> drive up near someone on the sidewalk, leap out of the car, snap his  
> picture, jump back in the car, and lay rubber all the way down the  
> street.
>
> This thread has inspired me into some real shooting action.
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> I don't have much experience doing "fly on the wall" on the streets.
>> However, at parties, everyone knows that I am the one with the  
>> camera. I
>> mean, everyone has a camera by now, but I will just keep shooting.
>>
>> I didn't post this here because it's not interesting to people not  
>> in the
>> party, but here's something I did last weekend:
>> http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/Hiku2010/
>>
>> The host is shipping out to the air force, and the next time we  
>> will see her
>> properly won't be for another 2 years or so....
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM, George Lottermoser  
>> <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Depends entirely on what the photographer intends to
>>> portray/say/express/create.
>>>
>>> "be a fly on the wall and attempt to document reality"
>>> represents only one intention and approach.
>>>
>>> "get to know your subject and attempt to capture intimate portraits"
>>> another intention and approach
>>>
>>> and the list goes on - hopefully without end
>>>
>>> no matter how you bring the camera into the scene
>>> your and your camera's presence will alter the scene
>>> (unless you're a surveillance camera on a pole for a year;
>>> in which case most people will have - unfortunately - forgotten your
>>> presence)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
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