Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You should also be aware that in the old days, sports venues were more accomodating to the photographers. Have you ever seen those old baseball films that showed photographers with their Speed Graphics literally standing along the first baseline just a few feet from the action? dan c. At 09:58 AM 07-08-03 -0400, bdcolen wrote: >These days we seem to forget that many of the iconic sports photos were >taken years, if not decades before the advent of the motor drive. That >said, today's good sports photographers do not, as Frank suggested, >simply blast away and hope for the best. Yes, they fire bursts, but >they, like Ted and those who favor the "single-action Colt" method of >shooting, go for the peak moment and get what they get because they know >the sport, the teams, the players, and are good at what they do. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html