William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: Digital profligacy
And I'm not saying that taking piles and piles of photos with a smaller ratio of "winners" is a bad thing - it's always been said that taking lots of photos is a key to improving.
Usually, by people who take bad photos. The way to improve is to look at pictures and analyze why they work, and more importantly, why they don't work.
Taking lots of pictures used to be advised because it made the photographer more adept with the equipment.
That was when you actually had to operate a camera to be a photographer.
Now, all you have to do is point the camera in the general direction of what you want to shoot and push a button.
This doesn't take any skill.
William Robb
When I tell people how best to approach photography, I tell them that they can use the Auto settings, but then vary from that and to write down all settings to use when comparing the images.
I was talking to a photographer during the swim start of the triathlon today. As I was trying to talk about camera and lens specifics - concerning metering and such - I was told that Auto mode was always used and the bad images were just rejected.
There was no attempt to learn, no intention on improvement. t reminds me of a photographer who was shooting some rugby close to me quite a few years ago. I would time my shot and take one or two. I would hear his winder in full burst.
He commented later how my shots were great while he had to wade through many photos to find an acceptable one.
Though I consider a camera a tool - you must still learn how to wield it correctly,
C�sar Panama City, Florida
