" There's a big difference between hand holding 20-77mm and hand holding at 250."
Tru dat. Dan On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm back from burning man and am just starting to go through my pictures. > Photography there has some interesting challenges. First of all there is the > weather and dust. It was windy enough that I didn't want to take my primes > out for the most part. As a matter of fact, most afternoons I didn't even > take my Pentaxes out. I brought my Argus C-3 to shoot a few rolls just for > fun, and ended up doing most of my daytime photography with it. The rolls are > being processed and scanned at Bay right now. > > Another interesting challenge is that there are a tremendous number of > opportunities to get good shots, but it's a lot harder to get good shots that > are unique. My goal was to try to not take the merely good, and only go for > excellent shots, but I'm afraid that my self control wasn't entirely up to > that task. > > There is the temptation to try to show what it's like with photos, but > describing it to someone who hasn't been there is truly impossible, there's > no way of understanding what it is like without experiencing it. > > It was very interesting shooting with the Argus. Yes, I could have used the > K1000 I brought, but WTF if you're going retro, might as well do it all the > way. The rhythm of shooting with the C3 was so different. > > 1) Use a hand held meter, or guess at the exposure. > 2) Set the exposure > 3) Stand where you think you need to be. > 4) Focus > 5) Compose > If composition isn't right, go to 3. > 6) Cock the shutter > 7) Take the picture > 8) Advance the film > > Also with the greater latitude in exposure, and the much higher cost per > frame, I didn't shoot nearly as many frames. There were a few shots that I'd > bracket, or retake because I realized I had forgotten to focus, or something, > but for the most part, it was one or two frames per shot, rather than trying > to dial it in with chimping. > > I mostly shot with the 18-250 on the K-x. Looking at my shots, I really > should have used my monopod more, I lost a lot due to camera motion. There's > a big difference between hand holding 20-77mm and hand holding at 250. > > I'll be posting the better ones on flickr later, I started out with this set > last night on facebook because it is of a couple of friends of mine playing > music at Center Camp. > > http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=280402&id=653299672&l=0261e02f76 > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
