[Leica] Shoot less... ?

[Mark Rabiner]

The idea is if you shoot ten pictures of something you dilute their essence
more than if you shot three. In  shooting less the final single pictures
essence is more concentrated. So you end up with a better shot...
And people are believing that. Really. Lots of people.
And when you get home you don't have to look at them all you can just watch
TV.
To me it almost feels like conspiracy against photography itself.
How can we make it worse? Let me count the ways.



On 3/21/15 1:23 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> John McMaster OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Shoot less... ?
> 
>>>> I have wondered that, I cannot imagine taking 16K shots in a few weeks
> without binning the vast majority (no good or repeats). I am a sparse
> shooter (not sure if I have taken more than 200 shots in a day) but with
> what I regard as a high success rate.....<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> JOHN MON AMI,
> Don't become a documentary photographer and have a "WHEAT HARVESTING
> ASSIGNMENT!" That's everything LIFE to DEATH" OF A MONTH OR TWO on the
> ground, in the air shooting aerials! The day is usually pre-sunrise until
> moon is up.............EVERYDAY! Ok so maybe a couple, you sleep in until
> 5.30 a.m.! :-)
> 
> One never ever thinks about how many frames simply because you are recording
> a "PHOTO ESSAY" covering everything that occurs lives/dies during the month
> or two!
> 
> That includes the "field mice or gophers to filling the tractor fuel tanks
> to the farmer's wife making/baking the meals.............. To tell and show
> "THE HARVESTING FARMERS LIFE CORRECTLY IS TO SHOOT EVERYTHING FROM BIRTH TO
> DEATH!" Every single moment while you are on the assignment. And the LIFE of
> the DAY IS IN MOTION!
> 
> The number of frames doesn't matter as long as you completely have your "ASS
> COVERED" in showing the complete story.  Oh sure once in awhile you may not
> shoot a frame........... PROVIDING YOU ALREADY HAVE A SMASHING GREAT SIMILAR
> BEAUTY TAKEN AND BACKED-UP ON ANOTHER DRIVE, WHATEVER? Even then? If you are
> motivated to "jeeeeesssshhh look at that?" FOR HEAVAN SAKE "SHOOT IT!" A
> "maybe similar looking image? But what the heck "SO WHAT?" Better to have it
> in the can than find out later the back-up drive failed! :-(
> 
> If one is on holiday or work there's no such thing as......... "DON'T TAKE
> TOO MANY!" If you have camera in hand and you are scene motivated? "SHOOT
> IT!" 
> Don't shoot too many? jeeeeeesh!
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-) 
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Steve Barbour
> Sent: Saturday, 21 March 2015 4:20 p.m.
> To: Leica LUG
> Subject: [Leica] Shoot less... ?
> 
> Tina, a number of Luggers have suggested somehow showing less, ie being
> selective....
> 
> Is it not true that this suggestion applies to shooting ?
> 
> 
> steve
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> Steve Barbour
> 
> 
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