In a message dated 6/16/2003 3:15:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Lon, your comments are interesting. Some of the things that tend to make the > first shot a keeper: > > 1. Can't afford a lot of film and processing. This kind of makes one find a > picture before shooting. > > 2. You don't get no second chance. This is probably where you wife's > technique comes from. > > 3. Look, look, look, look, look, shoot! Pass on the medeocre stuff. > > 4. Learned on a camera that only gives you a few shots per roll. Where I > come from. > > 5. Learned on a camera that required a lot of fiddling > before you could > shoot. > > 6. Don't give a damn. Impatience is the driving force. > > ANY OTHERS? > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto Been thinking about what Lon said, myself. Especially as how it applies to me in particular. ;-) I do reshoot subjects, but not the same subject in the same way. And where I have been most successful so far, on the whole, but not always (let's emphasize the not always part), is on the first shot of a subject. It is a bit strange. 1. This is a factor, for sure. 2. Yup, definitely. Either you get it right, or you just don't get it and it's a toss. Because the conditions or place may not be repeatable. Or the conditions at the place may not be. 3. Yup. 6. Yup. 7. Not thinking too much. One can over analyze a shot, dance back and forth and try and try. Over trying sometimes negates good results -- in any art form (or in sports too, I would think). Effortless as possible is best, because then it comes from instinct of what looks good, from the gut, and less from the over-rationalizing head. And in the end, photography is visual and appeals mainly to the senses/emotions, ergo, it is not that reasoned or logical. So not thinking too much -- i.e not over thinking it. Sound right? Marnie aka Doe ;-)
