On 5/10/05, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you are one to study your shots, every shot you take should make you a > better photographer. rationing shots when learning is especially not > helpful. that's why all the courses and books say to shoot and study. in the > editorial stock world, providing 5 or 20 slightly different variations on a > theme is what the photo editor wants, if they are all excellent. that's why > a successful working stock photographer could be taking 50-75K slides a > year. switching to digital for someone like that is both a no-brainer and > probably hardly affects the rate at which they shoot. for someone like me > who shot about 3K frames a year on film am now shooting 5K because i don't > have to take so many insurance shots and can try more variations in a short > time. in the editorial stock world, your best shot may have nothing to do > with what the photo editor wants, so you have to supply variety. >
Interesting post, Herb. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
