On Wed, Apr 17, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 05:27:27PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013, Zos Xavius wrote: >>> >>> Does slowing down and taking less pictures make your pictures better? >>> I'd argue no, because you actually have less opportunities with film. >>> Shots you might not have taken because you only have 10 exposures left >>> might have been keepers in the end. >> >> That's true -- but it doesn't take away from Larry's idea that you should >> get "charged" for each photo you take. > > My point is that slowing down and thinking about each shot is a tool, as is > manually focusing, autofocusing, manually setting the exposure, TAv mode, > Av mode, Hyperprogram, high ISO, available light, image stabilization and > using a tripod. The biggest mistake you can make is that any one of these > tools is applicable in all situations, for all people. > > I shouldn't be amazed at how often I see people projecting their own > experiences on to other people with the assumption that they are universal > truths. > > I think that learning to slow down and think your shots is a critical > skill that is nearly as important as knowing when you need to shoot lots > of frames to make sure that you get the shot.
Thing is, regardless of whether you use the idea of photo cost to slow yourself, it's still a cost you pay -- in time, if not actual money. (For processing the photos.) I liked your idea of monetary cost because my impression is that more people have an instinctive understanding of monetary cost than time cost. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
