lecture 4

In todays lecture we looked at considerations when photographing, so whether this be legal or ethical but also considerations to the effect your presence as a photographer has on your shots. If for example you were trying to photograph people in the streets and you walk around boasting a nice big camera and actively showing people you're taking photos, then this is certainly going to have an impact on the final results as each person is going to be aware of you and the camera and act differently to how they naturally would.

A few ways you can go unnoticed and achieve a candid shot is:

 - Using a Long lens - so you don't need to get really close to people, simply just zoom in. 
 - Covert - Almost camouflaging yourself within a scene. This is used throughout wildlife photography and can be used for street photography as well. 
 - Where cameras are the ‘norm’ – going unnoticed. So for example at a music/art festival or car show, places where there will be a lot of cameras so everyone ignores them as they have cameras as well.
 - Being prepared – be fast. 
 - Tricks (Cartier-Bresson) - Hiding a camera in your jacket with the lens poking out. 
 - Special equipment - Di Corcia came up with a motion censored camera and places these camera sin different places and overtime someone walked past they were completely unaware of the camera.

We also looked at the image below by Robert Doisneau, called 'At the Cafe'.

We knew this image was used for advertising 'Paris life' but we tried to look closely and unpick this image to what else it may signify. For me it portrays an older gentleman potentially trying to get the younger attractive women drunk. It seems as if he is praying on this women. She doesn't seem interested and has two full glasses of wine infront of her which he may have bought her, but she seems to be pushing them away. 

After we spoke about this photo our lecturer revealed that this photo was also used for prostitution and alcholism ads; and people believed it. The ad agency did not have permission from the photographer though. It just shows how images can be portrayed completely differently and with an added strap line to an image it will instantly trick you into believing that image is related.