Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > >No no mon ami! It is not what you have to learn, it's the places you have >to >go where these things happen! Quite frankly an almost impossibility unless >you have millions of dollars and or access through a news agency! > >Take your pick of what subject and location, go there and you too may >capture the same or better photo moments. Besides this level of photography >has a very high degree of luck by being in the right place at the right >time. By the same token many of them create their own luck by knowing the >sport, having connections to get in and many more things that make it >easier >than you might think. > >If one is in awe of sport pictures and you do not have accreditation for >the >"photo positions" within those events, even if you know the sport inside >out. If you are not allowed in, then you are out of luck. It has nothing to >do with learning anything more because being there is far more important. > >However, knowing the sport, having the right lens, best photo position and >the perfect light makes it much easier. Or being in the country when a >disaster strikes makes all the difference. > >Like I said , it's far more important to be where these events happen, >otherwise you never have the opportunities to capture the pictures. > I've always thought the phrase: "f8 and be there" summed this up rather nicely. Emanuel