Re: Finally: 2005 PDML Quotations

[Jostein]

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From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Practice keeps your eyes sharp, keeps your mind alert to the 
variations of
light and shadow on a subject, keeps you tuned into the background, 
or
what's around the periphery of a frame.  Practice allows you to see 
faster
and shoot faster.

With all due respect, sir; I beg to differ. Maybe I'm too lazy, but I 
find that prediction and preparation are a way more powerful tools 
than reflexes. And leaving the camera at home once in while, to 
concentrate on the seeing, is good practice too. Previsualising may be 
the right word...

Notice that I do recognise the benefits of reflex practice for other 
types of photography, though.

Portraying animals in the wild is one type that comes to mind. It 
usually needs both prediction and reflexes. Landscapes need more 
prediction and less reflex, imho.



Jostein