[Leica] Shoot less... ?

[Mark Rabiner]

Lots of people are using this "one good image" phrase but its a result.
What this thread is all about is how many images should it or could it take
to get that one this good image.

When I got hired to do a head shot which was my bread and butter I shot a
roll maybe two.
Maybe it was 35mm maybe it was 120.
But they sure had plenty to chose from. And was fairly par for the course.
A few times I'm sure I wished I'd shot three rolls as I'm really sweating
bullets over the contact sheet hoping I'd got it. People can be tricky and
nervous.

I think if you were shooting 8x10 sheet film then maybe two or three
exposures might make a shoot. Or maybe even one! Each sheet of sheet film
you shoot gets taken very very seriously. Especially the real big ones.

Nobody was ever talking on this thread about spraying a camera around with
ones finger held down and the motor drive.
Its about how many shots it takes to feel like you got a good one.
Doug mentioned using a motor drive to photo birds which I'd think would not
be a surprise for anybody not seem like a bad thing.


On 3/24/15 6:33 PM, "Christopher Saganich" <csaganich at gmail.com> wrote:

> One good image can anchor three dozen mediocre ones, which was proven at
> the William Klein opening at Greenberg gallery this week.  I would have
> been happier if only that one image was in the place..which looked like a
> selfie.  Mostly if you shoot 500 images and none seem right its a
> perspective issue not an equipment one.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> George, to be pedantic, I am saying he is "missing my point," so it's
>> valid, for me :-)
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 3:06 PM, George Lottermoser <
>> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 23, 2015, at 5:17 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You are missing the point:
>>> 
>>> The only valid "point" (if there is one) would be:
>>> Every artist and crafts person develops their own style and techniques.
>>> 
>>> Secondarily: Practice does improve one's style and techniques.
>>> 
>>> So - assuming that the artist and/or crafts person possesses some skill
>>> and talent;
>>> the more they practice the better the resulting artwork and/or craftwork
>>> should be.
>>> 
>>> The quantity and quality of time spent on the art practice is fare more
>>> important
>>> than the quantity of film, paint, or other mediums used.
>>> 
>>> The time may be spent on getting to know one's subject;
>>> or on setting up a single concept for a photograph, a painting, a piece
>> of
>>> sculpture, a poem, or whatever.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> 
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>>> 
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>> 
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