RE: #2: Yes, I think, and see, in B&W when making photographs. When out shooting, and even when just walking around, I visualize what I'm looking at in grey tones.
Simon King wrote: > > Hi All, > > >"What would you ~like~ to learn here?" > > 1) How others cope with that feeling of disappointment when that shot (or > half roll) you thought would be brilliant, isn't. > 2) Whether others "think" in B&W when shooting with B&W film. > 3) A definitive answer to mind/body duality > > Cheers, > Simon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peifer, William [OCDUS] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 18 January 2002 5:49 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: What would you ~like~ to learn here? > > Hi all, > > There's been a long list of interesting posts on all things photographic > (and otherwise) that folks have learned from the PDML. I thought that since > we've gone through the "what lenses do you have" and "what lenses do you > want" threads, maybe we should do likewise with "what have you learned > here". With that in mind, I'll pose the question to you all: > > "What would you ~like~ to learn here?" > > I'll start. There are actually three things I can think of, off the top of > my head, that I'd like to learn. In no particular order: > > (1) Learn the technique of approaching complete strangers and get them to > consent to my photographing them. Shel seems to be particularly good at > this. I seem to have trouble getting some ~acquaintances~ to consent! Maybe > I need an unassuming little Leica? ;-) But see Item (2) below.... > > (2) Learn to spend less time buying equipment, or thinking about buying > equipment, or looking at equipment I can't afford, and start spending more > time exposing film. > > (3) Learn how the devil to loosen the center of one of those Patterson > reels I have, so I can change it from 35-mm size to 120 size. Looks almost > like there should be some special tool to do that, but maybe there's just a > hidden catch that I need to depress. I was thinking about maybe running a > roll of Tri-X through that old Agfa in the closet, and I know those reels > are supposed to be adjustable. > > How 'bout you all? > > Bill Peifer > Rochester, NY > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to > http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the > Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
