Some of the people there will want to be photographed and some will not.
Watch out for those "nots" who may also be the ones you really want to get.
Prime lenses are easier to use for snap shooting where you prefocus and try
to hold the camera up for a very small amount of time. Sometimes it's fun to
photograph others who are taking pictures. Last fall I was watching some elk
in Yellowstone and they weren't doing much but there were lots of
photographers clicking away. I saw a very curvy lady in a bright red sweater
and turned my camera her way. My wife started laughing and I turned around
to see another woman videoing me taking a picture of the woman photographing
the critters. /jim
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda Wunderlich
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:18 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Photographing political demonstrations: advice please
Thanks for the comments. My main goal for tomorrow is to test some of my
new equipment, but of course what I really need to work on is my
photographic eye. In short, I don't have one yet.
I tried one other time to take pictures at a demonstration/march/rally in
DC, a huge one with more than half a million participants. Shot four rolls
of film and ended up with four rolls of junk. I was unable to separate
anything interesting or compelling out of the crowd. I think I ended up
with about fifty pictures of the backs of people's heads, which were only
slightly worse than the other fifty pictures of the fronts of people's
heads.
Linda Wunderlich
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