----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Featherstone"
Subject: Re: PESO: Automaton
I think I have enough lenses (from 24mm to 200mm), what I *really* need to do is learn more about composition.
If you live in an area where there are photo galleries, start haunting them. Look at lots of pictures by the masters of whatever genre happens to amuse you at the moment.
Lock everything but a 50mm lens and one camera (preferably that K1000 in a vault that you don't have a key to. This will keep you from cheating.
Spend the next year or so shooting with just a 50mm lens.
Every roll of film you get back, file the keepers and keep the dross out for inspection.
Look at the bad shots and figure out why they don't work.
Stop doing what doesn't work, and all thats left is what does work.
In a year, look at the shots that were keepers when you started, and compare them to what you think were
keepers over the year.
I expect you will be pleasantly amazed at how much better your compositions have gotten.
William Robb
