Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Scott, It appears that, like most people, regular exercise is part of the stabilizing treatment for your bodily disorder. If that is so, then perhaps Tina's suggestion, to have a look-at digital, might be a solution. You don't need to use zooms .............. there are primes too, and since optics are optics, you have a big choice ................ so that you may "groove" on one focal length, or more. It would enable you to continue being an active photographer, with the monopod! To enjoy walking, according to strength; enable you to sit-at your darkroom, on a screen (more tiring on the eyes, but less on the body); learn more about the software, to run the digital lab.: advise your LUG colleagues on the latest know-how ................ and adapt more easily to the life you want to live. Which/whatever, the "slow and careful", seeing the image in advance, is vital. You have picked-up the challenge ................. go get it. B. On 5-mrt-2006, at 21:44, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > Nice message. It's very apropos, in an oblique way, of what I'm > going through right now. > > I have Chronic Fatigue pretty badly, and I need to somehow > "shift gears" in photographic pursuits. > > First, I took my 6 month backlog of B&W film and had it > souped for me at B&W Labs in Arlington, VA. They use Xtol, > are very, very nice folks. So far, the contact sheets look good. > It was a big load off my mind, instead of staring at a big pile of > film I just don't have the energy to soup myself. > > Now I'm using XP2 and some slide film, so to unburden me from > the souping task for the time being. > > Well, I just took a walk to the store, and brought along only my > FM3a, 105/2.5 AIS and some XP2. I've sort of been trying to > "groove" on the focal length and this particlar lens. I really like > it between f4 and f8 or so. Brutally sharp, nice bokeh, and the > FL forces me to think and see differently. > > Well, to make a long story short, my hands were shaking all > over the place. (!!!) I don't know if it's the overall fatigue, > some of > the medications I'm now prescribed or what. Hell, I'm only > 40 years old (next week!), but the tremors are undeniable. > > Except for experimenting a bit with portraits and lighting, I haven't > really been a slow and careful shooter, but I think that's where > I need to turn for the time being. At the very least, a tripod will > get me past the shaky hands. > > It's new and challenging and hard to get going. I've got some > "slow and carefule" project ideas, but frankly, the new found reliance > on carefully "making" pictures, trying to realize a previsualized > photo > in my mind, taking control of all the variables myself, is a little > intimidating. > > But in the end, I'm just so grateful that there are such a wide > variety > of "modalities" of taking and making pictures, different ways to be > "serious" about my chosen hobby. > > I guess I'm a photog in transition. If I can get kick started on a new > slower shootiing approach, maybe I'll finally have a chance to get to > know my Leica current 90/2.8 more intimately :-) > > Any other folks who are ill or older who had to leave quick candid > or street shooting behind them? If so, I'd love to know where they > took their photographic efforts from there. > > Scott > > > Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 3/5/06 10:32:51 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org >> writes: >> >> >> >>> I gave up flying some years ago. So now I'm >>> back to the harmless pursuit of photography, which was my first >>> serious >>> hobby. >>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>> >> Jim, >> >> Photography isn't a harmless pursuit. We lost many >> photojournalists in wars during the last 65 years. >> And even civilian photographers have risked and lost their lives >> getting that vital shot, going back to the pre- and post-Civil War >> eras. >> But that doesn't mean we can't titer our activities to compensate >> for some physical limitation at any age. Which is why the zoom >> lens is so popular. And many folks find that sitting in a well- >> upholstered office chair with plenty of tilts and rolls before a >> PC is easier on the spine than standing in front of an enlarger >> and trays for hours. >> >> Photography can be a rigorous as the individual photographer >> chooses to make it. On the other hand, if you're flying and the >> engine stalls, you can't pull over to the shoulder and cell phone >> for a tow truck. >> Bob R >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information