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How do you define Candid? #1 and #2 I directed the girl (a friend) to look at me in a certain way, to smile. I also gave thought to the lighting (natural). It was not an off the cuff shot. That *is* candid. #3 - this girl I didn't know from a bar of soap. I asked her if I could take some images of her (and in fact, she got high res JPEGs of the shots EMailed to her). I directed her as to where I wanted her to sit (lighting was awkward as it was indoors) and the pose that I wanted. When you're shooting indoors, trying to avoid ugly flash, and have thousands of people milling around, it ain't easy. Finding a spare spot, with a minimum of people walking through the shot, getting the natural light as best as possible etc, requires direction. Whilst I did not know her, the shot was pre-meditated and I had a visual for what I wanted. #4 - my best mate - we decided to take his young daughter for a walk and I grabbed my camera gear indicating that it would be nice to get some shots of him. I picked the tree. I asked if he wanted to sit down or stand up against the tree. I again picked what was the best in terms of lighting opportunites. I took a bunch of shots, covering his top half to him in its entirety. Again, not a candid shot.
Are we hear to shoot photography (and get better) or compartmentalise the genre to hell? Gee...no wonder I don't usually shoot people, it's simply not worth the BS. Insects and Arachnids are far, far, far easier to shoot and there's so much lesser amounts of BS and egos floating around it isn't funny.
Anyways, I've said my bit. I can't recommend MM on my experiences.
Dave
PS How do you explain flaky models getting into MM just cos they show a bit of skin (or a lot)? Some of the shots there make the girls just look like overpriced hookers imho, and there's *no* style to the shot(s). Edit: Perhaps MM should make more of an effort to remove the trailer trash wannabe models from their site? I mean, they seem to gril lthe potential photographers...
edit: Oh, and in every instance, I had planned to take shots. Specifically with shots #1 and #2, Meg had asked me to turn up to Supanova since I love sci fi and comics, and was a suspect anime fan in the making (now converted lol), and Meg wanted some in her words, "decent shots of me". I had an idea of what her costume would look like by descriptions (I didn't get a chance to see it beforehand), and I had an idea of what lenses I wanted to use (pre visualised). That is *not* candid. The shots may look candid, but they were prepared. Just because I didn't have brollies, reflectors, lights etc doesn't disqualify me from non Candid shots. Or if it does, that's just elitism, nothing more, and nothing less. Just a quick URL from a Google that supports my thoughts:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1185116/understanding_the_difference_between.html
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