Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:53 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote: >Gee, I've been listening to the available light argument since i >started shooting professionally in 1968. It's a dead(really rottenly >dead) horse. If you can see it shoot it works for someone knowing >what they are doing. if not, call a pro....Otherwise, read about how >Gene Smith did it....of course if you can do it like he did it then >you don't need to read about it here. > >If I can see it or imagine it or think it might work or fake it I >can shoot it......otherwise,,,,,go shoot it and see what the heck >happens..... I'm often shooting when I can't see what I'm shooting ;-) Back when I pushed film and used a Noctilux, I would take photos in the dark by looking for anything that might be vertical and rocking myself back and forth until it lined up! Some would come out and some wouldn't! Here is one photo from several rolls of film that I took in almost total darkness - only one candle in a windowless adobe room: http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/gallery/3800412_pGv2n/1/360345210_zPxey/Original One day I'll find the negative and rescan it with what I know now! I still prefer pushed film for very, very low light. Darkness should be grainy ;-) Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com