Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you really think Adams or Caponigro needed a Polaroid to tell them about the final product? The may well have needed a few bucks and promoted the product but other than that? Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > Well, it depends. Let's say you're covering an event, wedding, > conference, whatever. That means you'll have to do a number of set > pieces, usually anywhere from a just a few to more than a dozen. By > checking, as opposed to thinking that you might of gotten your shots, > you'll know if you have your shot or not. It allows for much greater > time management efficiency. > This was always a goal of the working photographer, enhanced > certitude. Don't think that Adams and Caponigro's work for Polaroid > was for just for taking home a pay check. What they did at Polaroid > allowed for another evolution in photography. That peel apart > material was not only the main stay of the commercial photographic > studio, indoor and outdoor, but also with the fine art shooters. > In fine art photography, they didn't skip a beat, when they tied up > their view cameras to a laptop for scenic work from the very > beginning of the introduction of digital imaging products. > All for the specific point of a need to know at the time of the > imaging act itself. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > On Oct 30, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: > >> As with most opinions about things photographic - no correct answer >> for all situations. There are times when checking your results makes >> more sense than not; and there are times when the photographer >> should focus their attention on photographing. To write off the >> availability of a technical check capability - or the possibility of >> knowing whether you achieved success in your goals makes little >> sense to me. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george@imagist.com >> >> >> >> On Oct 29, 2006, at 8:30 PM, David Keenan wrote: >> >>> I really do think chimping it is a goofy practice. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >