Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina I always remember the words of my mentor; "Film is the cheapest item in photography, time is the dearest" Jerry Tina Manley wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html