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...or maybe it would be better titled "Book Store Photography." Don't try it unless you want to get hassled like I was but let me back up a little.
This photo was shot with my older DCC Leica M3. Let me make it clear, I have two point-n-shoot cameras; a DCC Leica M3 and a DCC Leica M3 Plus. The M3 Plus is the newer of the two. I will note which camera was used for each photo so there is no confusion. I have several photos that I took with the M3 (vs the M3 Plus) while I was testing it so I thought I would begin to post them since I have not taken any photos with the M3 Plus for a few days.
I carry my M3 in a small black pouch that is attached to my belt loop—I carry it where ever I go. The pouch is made by Pelican, is constructed from neoprene and, has a drawstring and belt clip attached to it. It feels a lot like the fabric used to make diving suits without the rubber part.
We went into Borders Books & Music one Friday night like we usually do. My wife was off looking at magazines and my son was somewhere else. I was walking around looking for my son when something grabbed my eye. There he was sitting in a chair concentrating on a magazine article. The composition seemed so obvious to me, he was wearing a white t-shirt so he was the brightest thing in the scene and surrounding him were many, many books. This made my son, a smooth peaceful subject amongst all this busy detail that made up all the books.
I took the photo you see here and then I moved closer to the rack just in front of me to get a closer photo of him while having the books in the foreground out of focus. At that moment the store book Nazi showed up and demanded to know what I was taking photos of. I told her I was taking photos of my son. She did not look conviced. She told me to stop taking photos and went on her way. I didn't let it bother me and I had no need to take any more photos so I put my M3 back into the pouch and went onto other things.
I actually like taking candid photos in stores when possible. It's kind of like watching an old video that has previews at the beginning. You get to see what was "hot" at the time and in the case of the store photos, sometimes you can see how much things cost on sale signs that might appear in your compositions. These "references" give the photo a historical reference.
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