I never thought of "ASAP" as having any feeling of
being immediate or being like "stat" in the medical
sense, but more of like finding the perfect moment
when everything is just right.
I wonder if Digital Photography will revive this type
of stuff. One can watch things on the little LED screen
and hit the shutter button when perfect moments and
compositions arise.
Have Fun,
Sends Steve
> was also relatively unknown for the public he wanted to picture/portrait/
> because very few pictures were available showing his own face.
>
> as his Leica, he was very discreet.
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> From: Howard Ray Lawrence
> Subject: Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
> Cartier-Bresson shot with a Leica, the quietest of cameras, working only
> with black and white film, and notably, without a flash. Thrusting a
> subject in the limelight, he once said, was a sure way to destroy it.
>
> He also opposed cropping pictures, saying it diluted the picture's
> meanings.
>
> in fact, he choosed and published, as any good photographer, the good
> ones.
>
> the "cadre" he re-acted to picture was choosen by him, or happened by
> chance, talent or any other combination of events, but if you have the
> opportunity to include all the visual elements you feel necessary and
> sufficient to be in the "cadre" in front of your lens/eyes/brain, it´s
> certainly a proof of talent NOT to have to crop later the produced
> images.
>
> it´s also an economy of paper, film, products,time, a.s.o......
>
> ...
> His Leica, protected by a handkerchief, was never out of reach.
>
> yes. to react fast.
> just like sharpshooters trained to be reacting asap.
> photographers and snipers do a similar job, in a very strange way...
>
> P.
>
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being immediate or being like "stat" in the medical
sense, but more of like finding the perfect moment
when everything is just right.
I wonder if Digital Photography will revive this type
of stuff. One can watch things on the little LED screen
and hit the shutter button when perfect moments and
compositions arise.
Have Fun,
Sends Steve
> was also relatively unknown for the public he wanted to picture/portrait/
> because very few pictures were available showing his own face.
>
> as his Leica, he was very discreet.
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> From: Howard Ray Lawrence
> Subject: Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
> Cartier-Bresson shot with a Leica, the quietest of cameras, working only
> with black and white film, and notably, without a flash. Thrusting a
> subject in the limelight, he once said, was a sure way to destroy it.
>
> He also opposed cropping pictures, saying it diluted the picture's
> meanings.
>
> in fact, he choosed and published, as any good photographer, the good
> ones.
>
> the "cadre" he re-acted to picture was choosen by him, or happened by
> chance, talent or any other combination of events, but if you have the
> opportunity to include all the visual elements you feel necessary and
> sufficient to be in the "cadre" in front of your lens/eyes/brain, it´s
> certainly a proof of talent NOT to have to crop later the produced
> images.
>
> it´s also an economy of paper, film, products,time, a.s.o......
>
> ...
> His Leica, protected by a handkerchief, was never out of reach.
>
> yes. to react fast.
> just like sharpshooters trained to be reacting asap.
> photographers and snipers do a similar job, in a very strange way...
>
> P.
>
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