[Leica] WAS: New online photo exhibitionNOW: KEEPING NOTES.

[nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)]

Thing is - such notes are only useful if the
circumstances are exactly the same, i.e. same speed of
movement of subject/angle and intensity of
light/distance from subject etc etc etc. Or in other
words, they're almost totally useless. Unlike darkroom
notes, of course.

Nick

--- Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:

> David Keenan offered: wise comment!
> > > I figure that in the long run I don't really
> care (and no one else 
> > > should either) if a photograph was exposed at
> speed X and f-stop Y. The 
> > > image is what counts and it is successful or a
> failure regardless of 
> > > technical exposure data -- at least IMHO... <<<
> 
> Hi David,
> Wise words of wisdom me old son! :-)
> 
> When I first started playing photographer someone
> told me I should keep 
> notes of every frame just in case I required it for
> future reference in how 
> to take the same kind of photo again.
> 
> Now doesn't that sound brilliant? Let's say it
> lasted about a half dozen 
> rolls and many pages of a note book. Then I realized
> how stupid this "note 
> taking was." I was spending more time writing all
> this stuff .... just in 
> case I might need it to take the same kind of
> picture again?
> 
> My intentions in photo life were to be a
> photojournalist and never shoot the 
> same picture twice, so why would I waste all this
> good picture taking time 
> logging all this foolishness. Much like we see in
> photo magazines and other 
> locations.. like who cares!
> 
> However there are times when it's a particular
> visual effect, blurred action 
> for example, where a shutter speed makes the
> difference whether it works or 
> not. Other than that sort of thing it's a complete
> waste of time.
> 
> And that ended my keeping track of what lens, what
> camera, what film and all 
> the other dumb unnecessary photo things people keep
> track of.... "just in 
> case!"
> 
> ted
> 
> 
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