[Leica] Re: Technical vs. artistic skill

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

B. D. Colen offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Technical vs. artistic skill.

>>> Remember, back when everyone on this list was using nothing but film 
>>> (;-) ),
> our betters, such a Ted, used to endlessly counsel - film is cheap. His
> point wasn't that we needed something to fill our bags with, it was that 
> the
> more you shoot, the better you get.<<<

Hi B.D.,
I believe this even more so these days with digital. Simply because with 
direction from an instructor the skies the limit for students to shoot 
without economic restriction, film and processing costs be damned.

They can do it over and over again without any cost worries and re-shoot the 
same subjects again & again until they finally get it right. There are 
something's we learn by doing, not once, but many many times.

Much like me learning this RAW thing. ;-) I am getting better .... the more 
I do it over and over and over again it's finally sinking in. But it doesn't 
cost me a penny to keep doing it much like the photo students today.

Shoot, shoot and shoot again "at no cost" and you will or should improve 
with good teacher direction.

ted