[Leica] Quiz time....

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

B. D. Colen
Here you go:

Apart from putting film or memory card in the camera, what is the most 
important thing you must understand to be a successfu photographer?

LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!!!   THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE FIRST!

If you do not understand and see light, how to make it work for you then 
you'll never have successful photographs!

ted







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To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: [Leica] Quiz time....


> Okay, gang, let's give a quiz....
> The new semester starts for me tomorrow at 7 p.m., and I am planning to
> give a short, simple quiz - multiple choice - to get a sense of what my
> students do and don't know about the basics of photography - mechanics,
> not history or aesthetics.
>
> I don't care if they've ever shot film, know anything about processing
> or printing. What I want to know is what they know about using a camera
> - digital or film.
>
> I have plenty of questions, but I wonder what any of you would ask...
>
> Thanks -
> B. D.
>
> P.S. I don't care if they know which version of the pre-asph 50
> Summicron is considered the best by Erwin Puts, nor do I care, or could
> I ask, if they know what a NOOKY is...:-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Aaron Sandler
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:59 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: CC filters (was: Re: [Leica] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 29, Issue
> 124)
>
>
> BD, you've reminded me of something I've been wondering:
>
> Why do folks equate filters on a film camera to in-camera processing in
> a
> digital camera?
>
> It seems to me that with digital:
> Light enters lens, hits sensor, software in the camera corrects color
>
> How is that different from:
> Light enters lens, hits film, film is scanned, software in computer (eg,
>
> PS) corrects color
>
> If a filter would help in the pre-light-hits-film phase, why wouldn't it
>
> help in the pre-light-hits-sensor phase?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> -Aaron
>
>>There are definitely times when PS offers the best, if not the only
>>option for color correction. But keep in mind that making changes in
>>Photoshop is rarely 'cost free,' in terms of the digital file. So if
>>you can make the adjustments in camera if shooting digital, or with
>>filters if shooting film, you're probably better off than routinely
>>depending upon Photoshop.
>
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