Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a great idea. I seem to have become the unofficial photographer for our parish (read: free), and I get one image out of 100 of our priest. He is in constant motion - like trying to photograph a pinball machine. I was thinking of a sedative but I'll give this a try first. Ken On 2/20/2011 11:14 AM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > Not always. I only use high-speed to play with people and make them > relax, but (especially at lectures and podium shots) I just about always > shoot double-taps.... and just about invariably the second shot is the > keeper of the pair. > > Most people relax slightly after they hear the click, and if the second > shot is right there it catches that. Makes for a much better photograph > with a natural expression, usually an unforced smile. > > There's also the insurance aspect... if the keeper goes corrupt the > also-ran is usually good enough. > > Did it with film, too. Hell, I learned it on a 4x5... shoot one side, > then change the exposure half a stop and shoot the other side. In a good > case you'll have a decent backup; worst case you've probably got something > you can use. > > Except the time I forgot to tell the lab tech to run the two boxes on > separate runs... and he ran all 16 fujichromes through the same C41 > process. > > Lost that gig. Life goes on. > > R. Clayton McKee > PhotoJournalist > from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > > > --- On Sun, 2/20/11, Tina Manley<images at comporium.net> wrote: > >> That's the monkey/typewriter >> approach. Take enough photos and one of them >> is bound to be good! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >