>From Jim A.
> From: "CRB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:15:12 -0400 (EDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Questions to help improve your photographic skills
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> Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:15:30 -0400
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>
> I put these together because they're things I've either struggled to learn in
> the past or am still learning. (I often struggle most with #4.)
>
> 1. Do you shoot snapshots quickly or do you plan ahead?
Isn't a snapshot a quick shot, anyway?
>
> 2. Do you pose people or just have them bunch together?
I pose people.
>
> 3. Do you use controlled lighting?
When I do weddings.
>
> 4. Do you look at the whole frame in the finder, or just what is in the
> center?
I study the frame and then adjust before taking the picture.
>
> 5. Do you ever use a tripod, monopod, or other support?
Yes.
>
> 6. How long is it from the time you lift the camera to your eye until you
> snap the photo?
Depends on the picture. Could be a minute to over three minutes.
>
> 7. Do you shoot for pictures to keep or just because something looks nice at
> the moment?
To keep.
>
> 8. Do you choose film based on the subject being photographed?
I usually shoot slides.
>
> 9. Do you evaluate the character of your photographs?
What do you mean by "character?"
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> C. Brendemuehl
>
> -------------------------------------
> "Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most
> advantageous
> employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage,
> indeed,
> and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own
> advantage
> naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him to prefer that employment which is
> most
> advantageous to the society."
>
> --- Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations"
>
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