Bob Walkden wrote: > Hi, > > > ann replies, somewhat testily :) > > Jeez, Bob .... > > oops... > > > I have notes and numbers up the wazoo > > might be a good place to keep all that film you keep losing <g>
Now there's a concept! > > > - I've only been doing this stuff for 35 years. > > Sorry Ann - wasn't thinking. But some of the most disorganised people > I've ever met have been professional photographers. > Ah - but I'm not a full-timer so that is why I'm organized! S'okay - Bob, say ten Ansel Adams' and a couple of Weston's and go in peace. <g> annsan > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thursday, June 06, 2002, 6:59:28 PM, you wrote: > > > Bob Walkden wrote: > > >> Hi, > >> > >> annsan wrote: > >> > I don't think I've gone on a trip without either actually losing a roll of >exposed > >> > film or thinking I had > >> > when I got home and looked at the results. > >> > > >> Bob instructs: > >> to avoid this you should number your films in advance, and keep a > >> notebook where you write down the film number as you put it into the > >> camera, and write basic caption details (who, what, where, when, why) > >> and basic exposure notes such as EI if you're not rating it normal > >> (you should also write this on the can, of course). > >> This is essential if you're on a long trip shooting a lot of film, otherwise > >> you're likely to lose track of the photo details. It also means you can account > >> for each roll when you've finished the trip > > > ann replies, somewhat testily :) > > Jeez, Bob .... > > I have notes and numbers up the wazoo - I've only been doing this stuff for 35 >years. > > I was kinda kidding , but no matter how careful you are, there is an emotial >element > > especially when the action is hot And anyone, no matter how well they plan, can >drop a > > roll of film off a mountain trail when scurrying to reload, etc. But the >_feeling_ that > > you must have lost a roll somewhere because that shot in your head is not on your >film > > has more to do with, I think, the shot you didn't click off > > for any number of reasons. > > > Bob W continues: > > >> .Of course, the other essential thing is to put all the finished rolls > >> in the same place. That is, take a bag specifically for used rolls of > >> film rather than just tossing them into a suitcase somewhere where > >> they're all loose and easily lost. > > > Of course ( and see above.) I actually use two small coolers - one for pre, one >for > > post. > > Each roll of film has a color code on the canister for the film type where I write >the > > number > > AFTER it is exposed. I carry a small notebook , one camera loaded with color, >one with > > black and white > > (or two different kinds of film, anyway) and a third in the car in case one dies >on me. > > I start at > > the front of the notebook with numbers and codes and turn it upside down and start >at > > the > > back for the other camera. > > > I don't agree with numbering before shooting, though. Thats how I tell the >unexposed > > film > > from the exposed film in my bag without opening the cannister. > > > I wrote more elaborate notes when I shot stuff for stock, which I really don't do > > anymore, > > so I tend now just to jot down essentials that I care about remembering. > > > I just was spinning off on that feeling that something essential disappeared. As >for > > losing things, > > it does get worse the older I get... I probably left at least one item in every >place I > > stayed last > > fall over the 2 months I drove across the country. But I didn't actually lose any >film > > - I just mislaid > > some of it once I got home. > > > annsan > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
