Forum: Photography


Subject: Your No. 1 Guideline (I hate to say Rule)

Wolfsnap opened this issue on Feb 14, 2003 ยท 12 posts


nplus posted Sat, 15 February 2003 at 1:46 AM

I just load a roll of film, turn on the motor drive and press the release while randomly swinging the camera around wildly zooming and focusing in and out. ....maybe i'll get a shot that I can fix in photoshop..... JOKE. I used to have a photo instructor that would take your "final" print at critique and start tearing it to shreds. When he was done, he would hand you back one little piece and say, "This is what you saw and were photographing....not all of this other stuff. Go back and re-shoot." It was amazing. That is also another reason I decided to learn how to use a view camera. There is no possible way to hurry a shot with one. If you do, not only is it bad but there is no real way to salvage it later. Plus the fact that a typical film holder only holds 2 exposures....so you are better off taking the time to try and get the best shot possible. It is not uncommon for me to sit (or stand) for the better part of an hour setting up for one stinkin exposure. (partially because I'm still learning the dang thing, and waiting for light)