On Jun 27, 2005, at 6:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yesterday in my comments about the Porto shots, I mentioned that
using a
longer lens tends to get us into a sniper mood when we take to the
streets.
...
Yes, I agree. While walking through the SF Pride festivities
yesterday, I fitted the 80-320mm lens that I have on loan for a bit.
While it returned me some good shots, they are of a fundamentally
different nature from the photos made with the 20-35 or 35-70
lenses ... they can obtain quite a bit of context with proper
attention to framing, but when photographing people I feel quite a
bit of the intimacy and the sense of connection is lost.
The Street Dancers photo is wonderful in its own way ... a tableau
with some flaws but establishes the connections between events and
people well. What it doesn't have is intimacy: it seems we are
peering on the scene from afar, which we are.
The same goes for the Porto set. The three I liked I felt more
connection, more context and involvement. The others seemed just good
catches of people at a distance.
Godfrey
