On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 09:18:04AM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Larry, > You're the guy who used to go on an outing and then post PESO's of 500 photos.
That was usually from going to an event that would span a long weekend and I'd try to get decent action photos of as many of the participants as possible. > You've gotten better lately at recognizing your best work and > restraining yourself. I like to think that it's possible for me to grow and improve as both a photographer and at editing my work. > But you still shoot an awful lot, like a guy who can't believe the > bargain it is now. Really? Going out shooting several times a month is shooting a lot? When I got back into photography and was really excited about it, I'd take my camera out for a walk almost every day, looking for things to photograph and a chance to practice and improve my craft. These days between work, commuting, injuries, and home repairs I'm lucky to pull my camera out of it's bag several times a week. A lot of the photography I did was for friends at events. I'm going out dancing a lot less now, and not shooting as much at events. Sunday, as I was getting ready to leave, the organizer asked if I had taken any photos, and I hadn't. So I pulled out the camera and took a few, but I didn't bore you folks half dozen I posted to flickr. I guess I should apologize for subjecting you to dozen I posted last night with my new lens, but you've probably learned not to waste your time wading through my GESOs. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Come on Larry, 1.00 a click or even .25 a click and you'd go broke. Not > > saying you don't try to make every shot count, just... > > > > I swear you are channeling someone else. > > > > Marnie aka Doe ;-) > > > > In a message dated 4/17/2013 8:53:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > On Apr 17, 2013, at 7:45 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > >> Marnie, > >> That's what I thought too!!! I saw Larry shoot in Chicago at the PDML > >> exhibition, > >> and shoot and shoot and shoot. There wasn't a composition or > >> aspect he didn't try to capture. He had to recharge his spare > >> batteries at lunch. > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Excuse me, this is LARRY'S post?!!?!!? As in Larry who shoots, well, a > > LOT > >>> of frames? > >>> > >>> I'm not even having wine at the moment. Maybe I should. > >>> > >>> Marnie aka Doe ;-) > > > > > > > > I shot film for about 35 years. I grew up making every shot count. It > > is a tool that has been in my toolbox since before my Bar Mitzvah. The > > last > > time I shot any significant amount of film was at Burning Man in 2010, and > > I shot a profligate seven or eight rolls of film, as well as a couple > > thousand frames of digital. That worked out to something like thirty > > frames of > > film a day. > > > > When I go to someplace like Chicago, with modern photographic gear, being > > parsimonious with my shots is false economy. I've been there twice. The > > first time was for a dance event and I didn't have much time to see and > > photograph the city. When you count vacation time used, airfare, meals, car > > rental, my trip probably cost me $1,000. If I shot 2000 frames, call it 50 > > gig, that's something like $10 worth of hard drive. Less than I spent on a > > typical lunch on the trip. Some of my best shots from the trip were total > > WTF shots, trying things that had such a low probability of success that if > > I > > were shooting film, I doubt I would have wasted the money. > > > > About the only tool that I advise against people using, in most cases, is > > shooting exclusively JPEG, and I will grant that there are even times when > > that is applicable. If you never miss a shot, and never need to pull lost > > detail out of shadows and highlights, it does save time in both processing > > and transferring files. > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > 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.
