Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Interesting observation since I have not seen any famous photographers >>proof sheets. <snip> Look at the Gene Smith books - there are a number of proof sheets in them. It's interesting to look at others' proofs, it sort of tells a story that isn't there in a single image. > Normally if I get 3 keepers per roll I am happy with the results. > >-GH > I have always held that if one goes out with a plan of what to shoot, he comes back with more usable images. If I go out to just shoot what I find, I get a hodge podge of results. If I go out to shoot a farmer cutting millet or wheat, or some hobos down by the local quarry, I come back with those pictures, and plenty of them. Focus. BTW, just got back from CA this morning. Salgado was very nice. BIG, BIG prints from 35mm negs. 24X36 and sharp as hell! Regards, Ben W. Holmes Boulder, CO Visit my web site at http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/ Leica serial numbers at http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/photodat.htm