Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman wrote: > > re Tripods & slow film > > >> Rebuttals anyone??<<<<<<<< > > Only half a rebuttal! > > I have no problem with tripods and slow film (though haven't tried it yet > for street shooting... don't worry, I will, it sounds like a neat idea) but ><Snip> Fast breaking action=weddings and I've shot those guys with a tripod and a Hasselblad. It's kinda like Woody Allen playing the cello in the marching band. The action kind of flows around you. A remarkably effectual way to shoot, looking over the cameras and getting extreme depth of field and not worrying that anything to far will be too dark or too close will be to bright (flash). Or camera movement. And if shutter speeds are a quarter or a fifteenth of a second and a few people twitch all the merrier, looks great. I just pretend I'm an old fashioned photographer. People respect a tripod. You get the opposite response from trying to blend in. mark rabiner