Response to a bar shot...not quite a Jeffer, but what the heck...

I'd like to think some of my pictures come from my heart. But I'm usually so far removed that chances are, most are totally devoid of anything 'truly true' to my heart. The rare exceptions--my best friend's daughter and my best friend, who are the subject of so many photographs of mine, though (or because of the fact?) I am only there to be with them, really, but I just happen to be carrying my camera with me.

I find it hard to take heartfelt pics of 'hotties', even if at some level I am trying to get the world to see their beauty as it 'affects' me, which is probably not really heartfelt at all.

Sad to say.

I've just entered into buying A Leica CL and at least one lens. I am very excited. I've hardly shot in over a year (blaming cameras/gear, really...), but maybe 'all of the above' is the reason why.

How could I go from loving Rembrandt, Van Gogh, blue and rose Picasso, to...this...without a backlash against myself?

What I want most (I think, inside) is to shoot real people, but I have to find the courage for that first.

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