> > Walt, just a few comments on you post. > > I started shooting seriously more than 30 years ago and learned a different > approach to shooting due to the fact that I was shooting film. Some of the > people I go shooting with now would go through a roll of film in a matter > of minutes if they were shooting film rather than digital. They truly are > shooting and praying. When I was shooting weddings, I had to get the shot in > one > shot if possible. sometimes, like groups, I would shoot more than one shot > because of blinkers, etc. but, for the most part, we had to get it right the > first time. Plus, we were shooting medium format so there were only 12 shots > per > roll. I also am forced to using a tripod physically due to my shakiness. I > did > shoot at times without the tripod, as I am sure you remember, but my success > rate is much lower when I do so. A tripod forces you to slow down, compose > more > carefully, and pay more attention to you exposure as well as improving > overall > image sharpness. This is a shooting style that takes effort to adopt but is > worth it in the long run. It also means less time in post, culling and > editing, > and processing your results. The trust in your equipment comes with use and > time. Slowing down and examining your settings and composition before you > shoot > helps you to learn what your equipment is going to reward you with. As far as > staging, true, you can't tell a butterfly how to hold it's wings, but you can > determine the "decisive moment" but that is a skill that everyone must > develop. > Be it a butterfly or a drag car launching, the photographer pushes the > "little > round thingy" to quote Doug. I am not saying what shooting style is best, > only > how I approach a shoot. You have to develop your own shooting style as well > as > your own visual style, and I do believe that they directly influence each > other. > Well, off the soap box and thanks for your patience. > > Ted
Great, I was going to write something like that, even how long I have been shooting .-) I started photographing 33 years ago when I was young and didn´t have too much money for film. Now I just hate deleting stupid pictures so the effect is the same. I usually start by walk around or looking at the subject, trying to find out what caught my interest, visualizing how the picture could be, and then start photographing. Even then I tend to take few pictures, sometimes only one. No tripod, even when using large format, because it removes the flexibility and slows down the reactions. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
