Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:52 PM, charcot wrote: > People often ask how can I shoot film esp. on vacation as I won' t > know if "the shot" came out. Then it's a discussion of bracketing > which causes their eyes to glaze over. I'm doing a project with > Kodachrome and I rather like the suprise I get in the mail box when > I get a package from Parsons, Kansas. that was a wonderful part of the film experience that cannot be replaced, hey, wait a minute, it can be replaced...just put those SD cards in the drawer for 7-10 days, Steve > > ernie > > David Rodgers wrote: >>>> My favorite quote from either Winogrand or Freidlander is: >>>> >> >> " I photograph things to see what things look like photographed" >> when asked why he was a photographer.<< >> >> Interesting. I never heard that before. But there's something to it. >> I wonder what those guys would think about digital photography. The >> gestation period of a digital image is about a second. Compare that >> to >> whichever one of the above had 60,000 undeveloped images in his >> estate. >> >> There's something to be said for having to wait to see what a >> photograph >> looks like. Imagine if the gestation period for humans was one day >> instead of nine months. I'm guessing it would take some anticipation >> caused excitement out of the delivery. But there's also such a >> thing as >> waiting too long. >> I've still got a couple of rolls of BW film that I shot in the 70's >> but >> are still undeveloped. They're my own personal time capsules. >> Dave R >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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