Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I dont care whether he is an asshole or not, but IMHO his photographs are so uniform that they are totally boring. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I have no idea who Bruce Gilden is, but the guy you describe sounds like > an asshole. I would not dream of firing a flash at anybody at 1-ft. > distance. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Jan 14, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > I'm sure everyone knows about Bruce and his getting up close and flash > > people in the face technique. Supposedly most people don't even notice, > but > > it probably helps that Bruce is 6 foot tall or thereabout... > > > > I was shooting in SF Chinatown today and at one point, I was changing > film > > and I noticed that an older woman was talking on the cell phone. I was > just > > thinking that she has an interesting face and wouldn't it be nice if... > > "POP" a tallish Asian guy just walked up to within a foot of her, raised > a > > flash with his left hand, took a photo and then walked off. > > > > A total Bruce Gilden moment and yes, indeed the old woman did not notice. > > > > Still not something I would do though. > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >