Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a tripod for about 90% of my pictures and I'm working on my laziness to eliminate that other 10%.
Tom, You put me to shame! Using a tripod more often is a New Year's resolution I'd be sure to break; I simply shoot too many stealth shots of people. Last night (Dec. 31) I wanted to finish a roll of film; it drives me crazy when one roll straddles two years; I can't decide how to file the negatives and the index print. So I went around shooting my daughters as they chatted on the phone or what-not. Alexa, my 12-year-old refused to cooperate; she would dodge me or hold up a hand. With two shots to go, I decided to get a shot of me lying on the couch, so my descendants could see how I spend New Year's Eve. :) Alexa was lying down on the adjacent couch and saw me aiming the Tokina 90 from the next room and said, "No!" I assured her I had no intention of shooting her or her mother. "If you do shoot me or Mom, will you give me ten dollars?" I had taught her to ask "If it turns out you've just lied will you give me xxx dollars?" whenever she suspected someone is lying. "Yes," I replied. She had me. I set up the tripod, set the timer, lay down, and got my self-portrait. Several minutes later, Alexa was lying with her head in her grandmother's lap as her grandmother gently stroked her hair. What a great Frame 36 shot! I asked if could take the shot? She finally agreed to let me take the shot...for $10. I counter-offered $5, and we settled on $6. As part of the settlement, I got to set up the shot on a tripod. Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to get "the perfect shot"? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
