I'm driven by subject and story, so when I have the time to do a bit of self-study, I read about how to tell good photo stories. When I'm in the field, I'm very aware of seeing and anticipating, and trying to greatly improve in these areas. I'd like to see quicker yet become more patient at the same time; it seems to me you need to quickly see potential--to anticipate potential, but then wait for the moment to unfold. Patience has never been one of my strengths, so it's a problem. This becomes an even bigger problem when I'm constantly trying to squeeze my photography into the daily routines of life; I don't always have the luxury of waiting.
My one concern for the past 1 1/2 years has been timing--I think it's been off a bit; I've missed some shots lately, and that has really pissed me off. I feel like my timing was best with the K10 & k20, but has been a bit off kilter with the K7 & K5, and I"m not sure exactly why, though I have had some theories, but deemed them silly in the end. In addition to timing, I'd like for the camera to be such a natural part of my person so that it's always out and ready to make pictures. I always, always have my camera on me, but it's not always out of the bag! Silly! Silly! Silly! In the last month, I've missed two shots that still resonate in my mind's eye, and I despair every time I think about them. Both moments would have produced winners. The first missed shot was while Darrel was driving me to work--4 construction workers sitting under an underpass, waiting, lounging, and all with interesting introspective expressions, and some nice morning open shade lighting--and I missed it. I didn't have the camera out. The second missed shot I saw while doing a quick run to Starbucks. Along the way, about 6-8 african american were sitting and standing at a bus stop, all paired off talking to each other. As I walked by I saw the composition--and saw that it was just perfect; it looked like a painting that Archibald Motley might have made. I would have had to push the ISO since it was late afternoon, but if I had had the camera out, I think I could have made it work in black and white--especially with a great camera like the K5. Missing these two shots still really smarts; it's been tough to shake the failure of capturing these two moments. Cheers, Christine On Nov 22, 2011, at 1:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > On another photo forum I occasionally hang out on, someone posted "What are > your pet peeves in photography that you see other photographers do?", and boy > was there a lot of responses of people gleefully putting others down. My > feeling is that all that crappy photographers do is make my photos seem that > much better in comparison. What peeves me is when I'm shooting someplace with > someone else, and they get much better photos than I do. > > What I think is a much more productive question to discuss, is what you are > doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? Are you practicing > hand held shots at low shutter speeds? Taking test shots without using the > light meter to get a feel for what light gives what exposures? Spending a > month shooting with only one prime lens at a time? Posting PESOs to be > ridiculed by the gang on PDML? > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (from dos4est) > > -- > 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.
