On Jul 23, 2011, at 1:30 PM, David Savage wrote: > On 24 July 2011 04:14, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2011-07-23 13:35 , Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:20 PM, steve harley wrote: >>>> >>>> there's a huge music festival (350 artists) down the block all weekend so >>>> we'll be out in the heat, drinking lots of water plus some beer; last year >>>> i >>>> tried to photograph mostly bicycles but wasn't thrilled with my results, >>>> not >>>> sure what i'll focus on this time >>> >>> Why bother focusing? >> >> good question; i'll shoot some other stuff (already have), but when i am >> overstimulated my skill at choosing shots tends to weaken, so a focus helps; >> i'm letting it go for now and hoping some kind of theme emerges before the >> end > > The thing with shooting events is, the camera has a habit of removing > you from the moment.
Last weekend I was the photographer at a dance workshop. The weekend before at an aikido seminar. I found that often when I'd photograph the instructor showing the technique, I'd be aware of what he was showing, and even what he was saying. But by the time I had put the camera down and went to practice, I had forgotten entirely what we were working on. It was as if doing the photography didn't leave room for anything else in my brain. > > I recommend you just enjoy the music...after that the shots will > present them self. > > DS -- 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.
