Paul, I tend to think you missed my first post on the subject where I said I grab the first shot when I see it and from there go by the subjects reactions. Sure you miss some shots, but I guess I feel the subject should have some input in the matter. I just object to the sneaky type of shooting, it stinks of voyeurism or stalking to me.
As I said before street photography works best when the subjects know that camera nut is about, but ignor him because he's harmless. One guy, I forget the name, but he did a whole book shot in small towns across america, said he would just sit down around the town folks and start fiddling with his camera maybe talking to them then when they quit paying him any mind he would quietly start shooting. Seemed to work well for him, and writing this I just realized how much like Jerome's approach to zoo photography it is. Patience is the key. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 7:15 PM Subject: Re: OT: Street Photography > > > > > > To get back to the whole "stealth" thing, I tend to agree with Tom, in that > > usually, I prefer to have some reaction to to the camera, > > I'm torn on this. I sometimes like the reaction, but more often I like > to see what people are doing in their own life without my intrusion. I > shot this yesterday morning. Not a great shot, but an interesting > moment. By the way, it was with a Voigtlander/Cossina 75/2.5 that I just > picked up for the screw mount Leica. The VC lenses seem to be quite a > bargain. The pic is at http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1614183 > BTW, I'm sure to get blasted on the ratings for this one :-). But > that's half the fun of PhotoNet. > Pai; >
