Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, that is true, Nathan; however, when I was using film I would carry 300 rolls of film for a week in Honduras or Guatemala. I didn't always use all 300 but, since there is no way to buy film in the remote villages of Central America, my worst nightmare was to be staying with a family and run out of film. I never ran out but sometimes I did use all 300 rolls because I was there and would probably never have the opportunity to photograph that family in that village again. That's 10,800 photos per week - more than I am averaging now with digital. Those I also had to develop, mount and file. Now, as I scan all of those film photos, I am glad I took so many and sometimes even wish for more with a choice of a slightly different exposure or lens. I don't think I use a machine-gun approach. Every frame is different in some way. During those years, I was taking photos for several different agencies, for myself and for the families - all requiring a different focus on the purpose of the photos. I will be 70 years old this year and I'm afraid it's too late to change the way I work - until I decide to retire (die) Thanks, Tina On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 1:22 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Hi Tina, > > May I ask a heretical question: are you perhaps taking too many photos, > just because it is so easy with digital? You mention a figure of 16000 from > your Cuba trip, That is more than I take in a year. Now, I realize that I > am just an amateur while you are a pro, and I also understand that for your > stock business you need some slight variations of each image, but still the > number seems excessive. From the way you talk about the editing process, it > seems to lead to an intolerable burden afterwards, when editing them. > Perhaps a change from this machine-gun approach would be good for your > health? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 21 Mar 2015, at 03:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > You are right, Mark. I need to tweak all of them before I judge them. I > > am 69 years old. I won't have time. I'm still scanning, all day every > > day, the film from over 40 years of photography. I just finished > scanning > > 11,274 slides of Portugal I'm starting on Spain now, while I continue to > > edit the photos from Cuba and Vietnam. > > > > Life is entirely too short. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html