Digital BW, The Print

Can we please stop with all the elitist garbage.  Photography is fun.
Technology (film or digital capture, wet or digital printing) has made it
all the more accessible and cheaper than it has ever been.  The world is a
better place as a result ­ whether it be the contribution to art, fun,
memory or anything else.  Take pictures.  Experiment.  Take lots of
pictures.  Take even more pictures.  But if you want to progress as a
photographer take the time to think about what worked and what didn¹t so
that you can apply it to the next situation.  One keeper in 10?  One keeper
in a 1000?  Waffle.  What¹s important is whether a) you like the keeper and
b) whether you understand what it is about the keeper that you are attracted
to and why and how it was that you were able to capture it.  Take pictures.
Study them and your technique.  Take even more pictures!!


From: "Anthony G. Atkielski" <anthony@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:45:58 +0100
To: sceptre12345 <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: B&W vs. Color

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.




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