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[Digital BW] Re:10,000 images (was.....plunge)

2003-06-19 by dsmithhfx

> > With the advent of digital cameras, taking 38 esposures
> > is the same cost as taking 3,800 (I know some California
> > photographers that do).
> 
> So the only talent you really need nowadays is the ability to hold 
down the
> shutter button.  If you shoot enough frames fast enough, there's 
sure to be
> a couple of images that you can sell.  It's like a thousand monkeys 
with
> typewriters.

Photography is about selectivity. In this regard you are right. There 
is no qualitative difference in whether you attempt to practice 
selectivity in the field, by waiting for the 'decisive moment', or 
you have to sift through 3,800 shots at home.

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