Candid means frank, honest, open, truthful and sincere - how does that work with a camera? Candid photography means you just shoot what you see - no rearranging the composition or using models - the photographer is "there" with the subject or scene and records it faithfully. Usually a candid photo also means a standard lens like a 40mm or 50mm on an SLR - the human eye is 40mm so photographic genuises like Cartier-Bresson used a 40mm lens on his Leica exclusively, so as to capture the 'moment', which is really what candid is all about. ... Read full post here
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