Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi,
Having had a good lesson from Godfrey yesterday about exposure, and some
tips on processing RAW, you'll find no disagreement here.
It's not "too hard to get it right" (although I'm still working on honing
the skills needed to do so), you just have to know what to do and then
practice and experiment a bit. And you've got to know your gear - how it
works, its idiosyncrasies, and so on. For example, what Bruce taught me
that works for him on the istD is not the best approach for working with
the istDS - at least as I understood what Bruce had to say. It took a long
time, and many mistakes, before I could properly process or expose B&W
film. What the problem is, imo, is that too many photogs have removed
themselves from the process, just snapping the shutter and then sending the
film to a lab for processing.
Shel
I remember reading about some of the old photographers I idolized, whose
photographs stick in my mind, and will be there forever.
Almost without exception, they found what [camera/gear] they liked, or
used what they could afford at the time, and it became a constant companion.
Used it day and night. Lived with it, literally.
Done that way, you become intimately familiar with this mechanical
wonder, and if it's capable of it, you can do it, almost without thinking.
Changing all aspects of the exposure on the run, automatically.
How many of us know our cameras *that* well?
I used to with my old Retina Ia folder. I don't anymore with any of my
FAR more expesive cameras...
I need to start applying myself. Thanks for prompting that thought
process, Shel.
keith
