Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Before going back to the lab or in the field to a similar situation I just have a short look to my notes to remember what was best. Not only with a camera or lens, but also if I have a new flash. I could not imagine testing new studio flashes without making several tests and taking notes. The same with macro-photography or reproduction of difficult subjects like paintings, antiques, jewelry etc. Of course digital photography makes things easier and you can go faster to a final if not better result. If I take notes in the lab or back home from the field, I do it as soon as possible. They are usefull later when I look at pictures, when projecting them on a screen or watching them on a computer screen. So I can compare results and make up my mind when there is something new. All professional photographers I know (but they are few) work the same way and sometimes compare their results. I guess amateurs never or seldom do so and prefer endless discussions about subjects, in fact articles, they have just read somewhere and that they take for granted. When a professional photographer reads something new, he has an attitude of prudence, he first wants to know what and why, before accepting (buying) anything. Even with Leica and Hasselblad. Regards. Cedric 2013/3/25 Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>: > Ted sed: > "I DON'T CARE WHO THE HELL THE PHOTOG IS, THERE IS ONLY ONE THING YOU NEED > TO > DO ! and that is shoot successful, interesting and on > occasion....... mind-blowing photographs." > > If you're a scientist engaged in optical experiments comparing the > composition of various silica glass lens components, I could see > making careful notes between each shot. > > If you're doing catalog work, and consistency is important from page > to page, even if you are working in various locations, I could see > making careful notes between each shot. > > If you're shooting stills from an undersea vehicle of say the Titanic, > and you do some tests, I could see making careful notes between each > shot. > > Hopefully, we approach a picture from the other side. We take our > experience, look at what the camera is telling us, and decide if it is > telling us the truth. > > Sometimes cameras and light meters lie. They really do. > > Guys like Ted know when the camera is fibbing. They don't need > notes, or notebooks, or ledgers. They have it in their heads; maybe > in their fingers. > > If you find yourself fiddling around with a camera, looking at a > notebook, then you need to be carrying a photographer's bag instead of > pretending to be one. > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information