Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:20 PM 9/15/97 -0800, you wrote: >LUGnuts: > >Just because there have been too few war stories these days (Ted, Fred, >where are you?) I thought I would tell you how an old fashioned camera >can waste a day. > >... > >Now wasn't that story better than watching a rerun on television? > >Donal Philby >San Diego > I tried this the other day with a story (not as fun as yours) about shooting in Napa Valley... but there seemed to be little interest in stories... I do like yours though. That's EXACTLY why I finally got out of commercial photography. And I really didn't like the AD's breathing down my neck. They never seem to understand that what they have pictured in their mind (or sometimes in a drawing) is quite often photographically impossible. Back when I was in that business, sometimes the only way to get the desired product was via air brush. Now it's Photoshop. But they did not want to pay for air brushing. I suspect it hasn't changed. The added cost of digital probably sends them into orbit. Film, optics (even Leica optics), and lights can only do so much... Aaron Jones' hosemaster is/was a way to go a little farther without digital, but the look seems to have gotten stale. There are a lot of used hosemasters on the market now. Jim