Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny showed: Subject: [Leica] What I did last night > Our parish church has had an interim Rector (Pastor) for a couple years. > > We recently found someone who seems a good fit for this small town, and > > > last night we "installed the rector" > > Kinda hard to shoot in a documentary sense, because you cannot use flash, > > not that I would) and it is all ceremony, and I did not want to intrude > on > that. Anyhow, here is my edit. > > http://www.sonc.com/cath_install/index.htm#1<<< Sonny, Great stuff Sonny and not a twinkie light in sight.:-) Big bonus! :-) What makes this work so well is the eye of the photographer shooting the right moments by available light! Capturing it's natural looking colour. It has a beautiful feeling to it creating a message that looks like everyone was having a good time. One of the things I've found so wonderful about digital is being able to shoot colour by available light without thinking about anything other than setting the ASA, quickly! Not carrying 2 or 3 cameras with different ASA film. Dark place? Heck just spin the wheel to 1600 or 3200 and click away without a second thought. If I can get away with 800 fine, shoot away. If I can't cut it at 800 just spin it up to 3200 and go for the picture moments. Yes I know some folks almost barf about shooting at 3200 and go on about grain, oops pardon me... "noise'' ;-) Another one of those stupid non-photographer electronic words I find bloody annoying when it could've been called "electronic grain" then everyone who were real film shooters would've known what the effect looked like. And what the hell digi people were talking about. Besides shooting at 1600 or 3200 isn't any big deal most times, ""getting the picture is always far more important!"" Holding a 13X19 print inches away from yer nose and whining about the noise only makes you sound stupid because yer not holding the print at correct distance for a photo of that size. View it from the correct distance and you'll be amazed you actually have a neat picture where others would never go without twinkie lights flashing all over the place being a damn nuisance factor. Sorry Sonny I kinda got off the track about yer wonderful moments captured in colour at 1600! ;-) Well done mon ami. ted