Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Five Senses Productions wrote: > > Sounds like the NG people do a lot of bracketing, or else do not have > much confidence in their techniques..... > > At 01:21 PM 1/31/98 -0500, TEAShea@aol.com wrote: > ><< He said Cartier-Bresson went to Portugal and shot two rolls of > > Ektachrome for the magazine. Yes, two rolls. And out of 72 frames of film, > > there was 70 that could be used in the magazine. >> > > > > > >The different approaches to photography are amazing. National Geographic > >photographers take the opposite approach. They usually shoot 200 - 400 rolls > >of film for each story. > > Francesco, Most have confidence. But there are diferent ways of doing things. The Geographic style allows exploring ideas and alternatives. The wisdom of great writers says that one needs to collect 10 times more information than ends up in the final text. No different photography. I just spoke to an assistant today who just helped Doug Munez shot BW (TriX @ 1600) pix for Motrin, the pain releaver medicine. they shot 160 rolls in three days, all natural light at new San Diego airport terminal. Exploring emotions, letting models and people pulled off the walkways to be out of focus models move, seeing what works, looking indeeed for decisive moments. Remember when you see the campaign in print just how it was done. 300-400 rolls in 3 months? Slackers!!! donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com