I saved this link for the time when I could read the article at leisure. It's a fine article and bears reading, IMO.
Coincidentally, I was recently reading an article about Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 expedition to the South Pole. Frank Hurley was the photographer for the expedition. After the men abandoned the ship and began their long and dangerous trek to safety, Hurley had to abandon all his cameras. One small paragraph in the story stands out: Hurley has discarded his heavy cameras, tripods, and other equipment. He has only a Vest Pocket Kodak and three rolls of Kodak film. From now to the end of the saga, he will ration his shooting. Knowing that he cannot waste a shot, he concentrates even more on light and composition. Critics later will say that these are among the best photographs he took on the expedition. I have often complained here about the mediocre photos ones sees so much of these days. The world is deluged with crap and below average photos taken by camera operators with big budgets and the ability to shoot virtually unlimited exposures. May I humbly suggest that it's time to slow down, improve ones vision, concentrate on more than just the technical aspects of photography. Perhaps it may be a fun experiment to go out one day with the purpose shooting but ONE frame and see how that decision affects what is photographed. Look thru the finder of that DSLR or 36-exposure SLR as though it were an 8x10 view camera. Shel > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax Discussion Malling List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 8/2/2004 1:32:57 PM > Subject: Intentional Photography? > > From time to time we talk about, serious photography vs. snapshots here on the > list. I came across a link to the following article by Bruce wilson on APUG.org. > I think he says it very well. > > http://wilson.dynu.net/dilution.asp
