Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my admittedly non-learned opinion McCurry's picture of the blue eyed Afghan refugee girl ranks right up there as one of the best photographs of this century. Everybody knows this picture.... it was on the cover of National Geographic. john weller wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > Could you let me know where, and when Steve McCurry is doing his book > signing? Like you, I also like Steve's work; it would be really great to > meet him in person! Does Steve McCurry use Leica cameras? Some friends > have said yes, and others say he uses Nikon... > > Thanks > John > > >From: "Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com> > >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Using Kodachrome 64 > >Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:59:42 BST > > > >Hi, > > > >lucky guy - Steve McCurry is one of my favourites. He's doing a book > >signing > >here in London in a fortnight, but unfortunately I'll miss it because I'm > >flying off to exotic climes to emulate him :-) > > > >I've shot a lot of K64. For a couple of years I used to rate it at 80 in > >the > >camera, but process at 64. This is often recommended by travel > >photographers. I've stopped doing it though because it increases the > >contrast in the slides. K64 is quite a contrasty film anyway, and the > >conditions in which I was shooting were also very high contrast, namely the > >Ethiopian Highlands, which means bright sunlight at over 5000 metres > >altitude. I also used a polariser, which increased the contrast still > >further. Many of the people there have extremely dark skin, and frequently > >wear a white gabbi (similar to a burnoose), so many of my slides were > >coming > >back with a far higher contrast & saturation than I really wanted. > > > >The lesson is, decide based on the local conditions whether or not you want > >to underexpose your K64. Experimentation beforehand pays. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Bob > > > >>From: Doug Nygren <dnygr@cshore.com> > >> > >>Over the weekend, I was talking with Steve McCurry, the National > >>Geographic photographer who shoots a lot for them in India and points > >>east. He said he shoots with Kodachrome 64 (ie. shot at 80) and > >>underexposes by a third of a stop so that colors are more saturated. I > >>do the opposite with color negative film, but I never play with ASA in > >>transparency film. I'm going to have to experiment with this and see how > >>it goes. Do any of you shoot your transparency film at slower ASA, do > >>you slightly underexpose for color saturation? > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > >http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.