Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:38 PM 9/2/2003 -0600, Kit wrote: >If you could only shoot one roll per day, could you do so and be judicious >about what you shot? Could you limit yourself to one picture per day? Does >one really need to shoot handfuls of rolls each day? Is it possible that you >could use this trip to the remote corner as an exercise in contemplation, >that is, to keep things to a minimum so that instead of fussing with two or >three cameras and being distracted by that, that instead you take one >camera, two lenses, and fill the rest of your bag with x-number of rolls of >film (whatever number you determine ahead of time that you absolutely will >not exceed) and then allow the limits of what you've created give you the >freedom to be creative? Kit - That's true if you photograph landscapes or peeling paint (as Ted says!) but photographing people is totally different. You cannot ration film when you don't know what is going to happen with personal relationships. The photo that you just took that you thought was the best possible might be eclipsed by a change of expression or a gesture in the next second. You have to take lots of film and you have to use it. When photographing people, you cannot limit yourself to one roll a day and think that you will get the best possible shots by planning ahead and being judicial. As soon as you use that one roll and are sitting there with no film, that's when the best possible photos will occur. I'm a firm believer in limiting the number of lenses, etc. Two lenses are enough and limit the choices to a reasonable amount. If I carry only the M7 with the Noctilux and the 35/1.4, I'll do fine; but I have to have plenty of film. Film is cheap. Considering the cost to travel back to the same place for missed photos, nothing is cheaper than film. Take lots of it and use it!! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.workbookstock.com http://www.newscom.com http://www.americanphotojournalist.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html