Okay, this may be annoying, don't know -- reposting this. Though this time it's a bit edited. I was interested in Graywolf's reply (if he had one, maybe he didn't). But right after I posted the first message, or soon after, the list seemed to go down. Or people seemed to be missing, or messages seemed to be missing (in other threads) or something. Really don't know about that either. It just seemed to halt with only a few messages dribbling in. Unusual for pdml!
Anyway... from Graywolf (not a direct cut and paste) <snip> Some of the things that tend to make the first shot a keeper. 1. Can't afford a lot of film and processing. This kind of makes one find a picture before shooting. 2. You don't get no second chance. This is probably where your wife's technique comes from. 3. Look, look, look, look, look, shoot! Pass on the mediocre stuff. 4. Learned on a camera that only gives you a few shots per roll. Where I come from. 5. Learned on a camera that required a lot of fiddling before you could shoot. 6. Don't give a damn. Impatience is a driving force. >From me 7. Not thinking too much. One can over analyze a shot, dance back and forth for position, and try and try. Over trying can negate good results (in any art form, including, I would think sports). So as effortless as possible is best, because then it comes from instinct of what looks good, from the gut, rather than the over-rationalizing head. And in the end photography appeals to the senses and emotions, ergo, it is not really that reasoned or logical. So not thinking too much -- i.e. not over thinking it. I think that has been my experience, anyway (sometimes), when I stop to think back and over analyze it ;-). Sound right? Marnie aka Doe
