Yes, a good photographer knows when the composition they're contemplating is a dead-end, and will abandon it for a something more promising. The compositions that work best tend to resolve themselves very quickly.
Less experienced photographers will worry at a picture, trying to pry out a silk purse when all that's there is a sow's ear. Regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Monday, 9 June 2008 12:47 AM > snip) > > It used to drive my wife mental when I was shooting with the 4x5. We'd get to a > location and I'd > just wander around for a half hour or so, apparently enjoying the ambiance of the > place, and > then, apparently looking like i was doing things completely at random, I would start > taking > pictures. I think what bothered her was that the places where I spent the most time > looking, > were the places I didn't set up the camera. > > William Robb > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
