[Leica] ***SPAM*** Re: Tina's softness/sharpness/focus issue - might be solved, in part

[Henning Wulff]

In all my years of shooting, I have never regretted coming home with a shot, but I have often regretted not coming home with a shot that I didn't take because I hesitated, fiddled with the camera, ran out of film (battery), thought a better one would come along and in other ways thought 'next time'. Next times don't come and they don't look the same. If you want it, shoot it NOW! If a better situation develops later, shoot that too.

Shooting professionally, the mantra was 'Film is cheap'. It wasn't, but the sentiment holds true. Now it's digital, shooting is cheaper on a per shot basis, and all you got to do is learn how to quickly edit. All you got to do. It takes a while, and you have to learn how to edit to suit your situation, but you can deal with it. Just don't not shoot, especially if you want/need that picture.

And then there are some afternoons when a cafe with an espresso is more important.

Henning


On 2015-03-21, at 5:57 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, that is true, Nathan; however, when I was using film I would carry 300
> rolls of film for a week in Honduras or Guatemala.  I didn't always use all
> 300 but, since there is no way to buy film in the remote villages of
> Central America, my worst nightmare was to be staying with a family and run
> out of film.  I never ran out but sometimes I did use all 300 rolls because
> I was there and would probably never have the opportunity to photograph
> that family in that village again.  That's 10,800 photos per week - more
> than I am averaging now with digital.  Those I also had to develop, mount
> and file.  Now, as I scan all of those film photos, I am glad I took so
> many and sometimes even wish for more with a choice of a slightly different
> exposure or lens.  I don't think I use a machine-gun approach.  Every frame
> is different in some way.  During those years, I was taking photos for
> several different agencies, for myself and for the families - all requiring
> a different focus on the purpose of the photos.
> 
> I will be 70 years old this year and I'm afraid it's too late to change the
> way I work - until I decide to retire (die)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 1:22 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> Hi Tina,
>> 
>> May I ask a heretical question: are you perhaps taking too many photos,
>> just because it is so easy with digital? You mention a figure of 16000 from
>> your Cuba trip, That is more than I take in a year. Now, I realize that I
>> am just an amateur while you are a pro, and I also understand that for your
>> stock business you need some slight variations of each image, but still the
>> number seems excessive. From the way you talk about the editing process, it
>> seems to lead to an intolerable burden afterwards, when editing them.
>> Perhaps a change from this machine-gun approach would be good for your
>> health?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
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>>> On 21 Mar 2015, at 03:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> You are right, Mark.  I need to tweak all of them before I judge them.  I
>>> am 69 years old.  I won't have time.  I'm still scanning, all day every
>>> day, the film from over 40 years of photography.  I just finished
>> scanning
>>> 11,274 slides of Portugal  I'm starting on Spain now, while I continue to
>>> edit the photos from Cuba and Vietnam.
>>> 
>>> Life is entirely too short.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>> 
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Henning Wulff
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