On 4 Mar 2001, at 11:17, Mike Johnston wrote:
> If you want to ensure that you'll never become a good photographer, IMO, use
> a zoom lens, crop everything, and scan everything into Photoshop. You'll
> squander all your time and creative energy diddling around with "almost good
> enough" photographs after the fact, and never learn to strengthen your
> seeing.
I can't agree entirely on the assertions above however I must admit that
zoom lenses do little more than confuse me. The moment that I view a scene
that I know would be an interesting image on film I have the lens FL nailed
~19/20 times. Maybe this skill comes from wandering about with one or two
fixed FL lenses?
Cropping doesn't figure greatly in my photography but not due to the fact that
I hold a photo-moralalistic position about it but because it usually won't work
best other than the way I originally saw it through the finder (maybe near
100% finders help too?). Generally I find that if an image has to be rescued
via cropping (via digital or conventional practice) it was most probably lacking
in the fist place.
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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