Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those people don't get it. The best photos technically come from the best exposed and focused photos. Technically. But the idea that you can take a video camera to a scene and not be able to miss the decisive moment (let's not get sidetracked by debating angels on Cartier-Bresson pinheads) only shows a lack of understanding on what it takes to get those decisive moments. It's not just being in the room or on the street. It's knowing when to be and which way to point the camera. And that's a thousand times harder than the rest of the process. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." - -- Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) On Feb 3, 2004, at 1:25 AM, Teresa299@aol.com wrote: > With automated everything in photography, cameras that can shoot as > fast a > machine gun, hell with future digital camera/videocam hybrids, missing > a > decisive moment will be nearly impossible, fixing blown shots easy > (sorta) in > photoshop. what's the point of craftsmanship anyway at the time of > taking the shot > if it can be fixed later? that's something I'm hearing a lot more > often. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html