Garlor opened this issue on Jan 28, 2007 · 10 posts
ejn posted Mon, 29 January 2007 at 6:33 AM
I agree with neirbomit.I shot for years on 6 x 6 format and sometimes 35mm.
The cost of D & P was never cheap so every shot had to be made to count.
Then I went digital and the freedom was unbelievable.On a day out I will shoot 100s of images,knowing quite a lot will be deleted but it gives the freedom to try different angles and ideas on a single subject.It is suprising that in amongst the "alternative" angles on a subject you find a real winner and are thankful that you took those few extra frames.How many times in the "old" days did we take some images and then saw a maybe better viewpoint and then realised we were running out of film or considered the cost of processing.In my days using 6 x 6 I had my own business as a professional wedding on portrait photographer and every shot had to be a good one.
Some people call it "machine gun photography" but I call it total freedom to try ideas and angles.I think many of us consider the shot we are taking and even taking more than one of the same subject from a different angle we still consider what we are doing first.
The answer to it all - do what suits you best.