Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yet again you bring up 'commercial photography', how many images do you show that come under that banner? Why should others be any different? john > -----Original Message----- > > Having just contact sheet googled "commercial photography" > http://tinyurl.com/cyhbh23 > I'm counting the shots in which everything in the shot is not in perfect > focus. > I'm getting about one out of 6 or 7. The m&m's. And the bottle of smart > water. > About one shot on each row. > > > On 5/18/13 2:17 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > The super selective focus effect is not really on option for most work > > commercial photographers get. Clients want too see more than a sliver > > of stuff in focus. Every once in a while the sliver thing in focus > > thing has had good photojournalist effect for me but in general I've > > had to use it sparingly. Though in most cases I have to admit it just > > doesn't > occur to me. > > I try to get most everything in focus most of the time. > > I remember in the college darkroom the people who shot everything wide > > open were the ones who didn't know what the other small set of numbers > > meant on their lens. The depth of field numbers. So controlling that > > was not their concern. Especially if it led to not getting the fastest > > shutter speed why bother figuring that out?. To me it did not seem > > like low craft it seemed like total lack of all craft or care. They > > didn't get the time of day from most of us. > > > > > > On 5/18/13 12:59 AM, "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > > > >> On May 17, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> F 5.6 and be there. > >>> At 100th of a second. That's what I'm set at 24 hours a day. If I'm > >>> not set at f8 and be there. > >> > ========================================================== > ===================>> > = > >> > ========================================================== > ==== > >> Have the opposite preferences. I like large apertures (and lenses > >> 50mmm and up), where you can isolate the subject from the background. > >> I used Panatomic-X a lot so I could shoot at f/4 or wider (with > >> filters) in bright sun. What I like about a larger format is the > >> smaller DoF. > >> > >> Alan > >> > >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of > >> Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > >> (Retired) > >> UPAA POY 1978 > >> amr3 at uwm.edu > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > >>