Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeesh, Walt! Which part didn't you get? Slobodan Dimitrov On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Do you really think Adams or Caponigro needed a Polaroid to tell > them about the final product? The may well have needed a few bucks > and promoted the product but other than that? > > Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> Well, it depends. Let's say you're covering an event, wedding, >> conference, whatever. That means you'll have to do a number of >> set pieces, usually anywhere from a just a few to more than a >> dozen. By checking, as opposed to thinking that you might of >> gotten your shots, you'll know if you have your shot or not. It >> allows for much greater time management efficiency. >> This was always a goal of the working photographer, enhanced >> certitude. Don't think that Adams and Caponigro's work for >> Polaroid was for just for taking home a pay check. What they did >> at Polaroid allowed for another evolution in photography. That >> peel apart material was not only the main stay of the commercial >> photographic studio, indoor and outdoor, but also with the fine >> art shooters. >> In fine art photography, they didn't skip a beat, when they tied >> up their view cameras to a laptop for scenic work from the very >> beginning of the introduction of digital imaging products. >> All for the specific point of a need to know at the time of the >> imaging act itself. >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 30, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: >> >>> As with most opinions about things photographic - no correct >>> answer for all situations. There are times when checking your >>> results makes more sense than not; and there are times when the >>> photographer should focus their attention on photographing. To >>> write off the availability of a technical check capability - or >>> the possibility of knowing whether you achieved success in your >>> goals makes little sense to me. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george@imagist.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 29, 2006, at 8:30 PM, David Keenan wrote: >>> >>>> I really do think chimping it is a goofy practice. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information