Digital BW, The Print

sceptre12345 writes:

> I'm simply amazed at the number of shots taken by digital
> photographers these days. (This is not a digital vs film thing).
> I guess technology allows it and why not use it, since it doesnt cost 
> more to take 50 or 300 shots if you have the memory cards.

It's the monkeys-with-typewriters school of photography.  If you shoot
enough pictures, even at random, a few of them are sure to win prizes.

> I remember reading about french photographer Edouard Boubat, who in
> the 1950's, when film wasn't cheap in comparaison to the pay, would 
> go out on a commercial shoot with a Rolleiflex and one roll of film. 
> At the end of the day, he sometimes still had unexposed shots that he 
> used for his personal photography.

In the days when sheet film was still the rule, photojournalists only
had a few exposures to use on any one assignment.