The avatar of Sockeyed.

[dcsang]

I think that it's time to share the whole series. I wish I could credit the photographer, but someone just forwarded these to me.

Oh man.. that first one is HILARIOUS 😀

Thanks for the laugh Ben 🙂
Dave

 

[Kin Lau]

That's the series I got...and I've personally seen a few friends do that or worse 🙂

 

[XAos]

I need to keep away from you guys, let you see me trying to handhold the RB67 at slow shutter speeds, prone, looped up, knees & elbows on the ground (killing spiders even). All it's missing is the 1907 sling and a big bulky jacket. Sometimes I do want a shoulder stock for the thing - it'd make it a lot steadier in improvised positions 🙂 Silly people think the strap is supposed to go around your neck, not your arm.

 

[sockeyed]

On a not-very-related theme, have a look at the brilliant Chinese-English translation on this sign my father recently photographed on a beach in China.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sockeyed/67651255/

It has become a huge hit on flickr

 

[Kin Lau]

That's really funny.. thanks.

 

[Byuphoto]

would you call the one of the woman in the skirt, the OOOLaLa position

 

[Doug]

Amazing collection, and perhaps something to watch for as we find ourselves among tourists!

 

[tetrisattack]

You know, this thread has really gotten me thinking -- what's the "correct" position that one should assume for a lower-perspective shot? I always go into some sort of crouch, something that I hope doesn't look too absurd. Apparently this doesn't work too well, because people still feel inclined to take my picture. 🙁

 

[bmattock]

You know, this thread has really gotten me thinking -- what's the "correct" position that one should assume for a lower-perspective shot? I always go into some sort of crouch, something that I hope doesn't look too absurd. Apparently this doesn't work too well, because people still feel inclined to take my picture. 🙁

I hope this does not make anyone angry:

The Marine Corps taught me four shooting positions - prone, sitting, kneeling, and offhand. These are analogous to shooting a camera. In each position, the photographer tries to make him or herself one with the ground, part of the terrain. As much body contact with objects that don't move as possible - failing that, maximum body contact with objects of greater mass than themselves. Elbows locked in to the sides, posture relaxed, obtain sight alignment, sight picture, focus, and then BRASS (breathe, relax, aim, stop, squeeze). The shutter release should startle you when it goes off.

There are drawings of the positions available online, and they can be googled for. At this point, I should stop.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks