On 29 Dec 2004 at 11:34, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > No, pros didn't throw away the bad ones. They were saved on contact sheets > and > negatives, and became valuable tools in both the editing process and helping > the > photographer understand the shooting process. many photogs "shoot to a > climax" > and having all the frames available is most helpful. And sometimes, years > later, > the "bad one" could turn out to be a money maker, or have some value for a > client.
Many pros used to shoot slides and then readily discard what they deemed unacceptable at the time. > The question I have is unrelated to shooting a lot of frames. It would be > nice to know why the DSLR shooters on this list feel a need to *tell > everyone* how many hundreds or thousands of frames they've shot. I think you are trying to read a whole lot more into this than is really necessary. I've seen plenty of documentaries where long time famous photographers are quite willing to volunteer this information. > Most > respond to that question as you did: shooting more can improve their > photography. We all know that that's true to a certain extent. Read again, most have said it really doesn't matter but ultimately as a percentage that they have more keepers. > So why > mention the number of frames shot? It doesn't seem to reflect any > discernable improvement in many cases, based on the images posted to the > PAW, PESO, and PUG. The good photogs are still good, and the poor photogs > are still struggling even after 5,000 images. LOL, I think you'll find inherent artistic skill remains a relative constant, I bet most peoples technical skills and keeper volumes are improving though. > Frankly, I think many photogs are too busy checking histograms and playing > with their modes instead of concentrating on subject matter, composition, > lighting, focusing, and interpretation. Frankly I don't know what to make of this paragraph, I certainly don't have a problem with doing all the above :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
