On Friday, August 31, 2001 9:43 AM, Creature's Comfort
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> This may require more than one sentence ...
>
> About 18 months ago there was a discussion here about the methods we
> use to photograph a subject. At that time I mentioned that I usually
> have a shot in mind, make the exposure, and then move on. When
> working with people I'd shoot more frames, as their movement and
> expressions can change, and and offer more possibilities.
>
SNIP
Hi Sheldon:
I think I tend to shoot more frames of people than of more static subjects, and
the more in the group the more frames yet. There will always be someone in a
group shot who yawns, blinks, closes their eyes, looks away, pokes out their
tongue or does some other dumb thing just as you press the shutter! I like to
have my human subjects forget about the camera if possible, and it 's amazing
how often the second shot has them more relaxed and happy-looking than the
first.
With other pictorial photography, I do tend to try and get the shot with the
first frame, but that's not hard-and-fast. The first frame will usually be
what caught my eye, any others will be subtle variations or whole new
discoveries around the original concept revealed as you continue to study it.
I do not nowadays take another shot 'in case it doesn't come out'. I have
enough confidence in my equipment and my own ability to feel that unnecessary:
however, the variations described above do tend to take care of that risk for
me!
If I am shooting sports, which I do very rarely, and the last was motor-cycle
racing, then yes, I will burn film at a great rate, as the action changes so
rapidly, and it is physically hard to shoot at exactly the right moment. I
have total admiration for sports photographers who captured as dramatic action
shots as they did before the days of power-winders and motor-drives.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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