Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry that this topic maybe behind all. But given I've once again got my machine back I happened to come across this interesting bit of dialogue? The problem here are the people.... photographer, whomever a female... NO NOT OUR TINA! But it seems she said.... " ?I was interested in photographing people at moments when they had dropped all pretense of a pose.? Well hell lady get their minds on something other than yerself standing around with a camera in hand!!!!!!!! Get the their minds into action, serious thoughts as simple as looking for something that you know where it is and what it is! Then you ask a question about the subject creating a thought process in their minds with a slight hint of what it is and their minds can be so turned on looking for it, you can almost leave the scene and they'll still be looking for the object, colour whatever! But as long as they stand around and you with camera in hand they will mentally be working through some kind of posing routine quite often without even realizing they are doing it! "GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO?"" And you have all the pictures you can take without them having a thought about you. In other words take pictures unposed without a thought! I hope I'm some where near the topic line but this simple bit of, may I call it "Heavy duty mental process practiced on a CEO , BISHOP or any other human being and you'll shoot candid photos until the cows come home. There you go KISS!!!! :-) Just got to love it! :-) And not a shmaltzy non-understanding word of directions and simplicity! cheers, Dr. ted :-) Oh yeah. And Lew old buddy? On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > Well, yes and no. Not posing when one is aware that one is being > photographed just isn't possible since it's merely a special case of being > aware that you're being looked at. <<<<<<< Yer wrong!!!!!!!!! cheers, Dr. ted We all 'pose' in this respect. A second > issue is the necessity of providing grist for the textual side of current > gallery, publication and museum mill. Something, even if it isn't right on > the money, has to be said as a segue for viewers into the work. Finally, > there is some truth to her statement. When you tell teenagers not to pose > it become interpreted by them to mean" "Don't pretend to be an adult, and > don't act like a child," yet what teenager is totally comfortable with > himself as is, especially when that self is so transitory? This is the > awkwardness that she captures. > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > I like them but I don't understand why she says, ?I was interested in > > photographing people at moments when they had dropped all pretense of a > > pose.? > > > > When they are all obviously and self-consciously posing! > > > > Tina