Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a man does with his Leica in the bathroom is his own business! - ---------- > From: Ben Holmes <bholmes@frii.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: in between heartbeats > Date: Wednesday, November 27, 1996 1:14 PM > > >Fred Ward mentioned shooting some long times in the dark. > > > DO NOT LAUGH!!! I MEAN IT. > > I have an interesting roll of negatives I made of the interior of my shower > stall in my home. I made the exposures from 1/4 sec. all the way down to 1 > sec. - all are sharp as hell, and all were hand held. I made the exposures > over a weeks time with an M4P and an old 35 Summaron (great lens). > > My secret - I shot while sitting on the toilet. Yes. It is not uncommon for > my wife to see me enter the bathroom with a leica in hand (I used to read). > She just rolls her eyes and is kind enough not to ask questions. > > I will not get in to any specific relaxation techniques, but I will say that > breathing is very important. Rather than holding one's breath it is best to > exhale completely, wait a moment and make the exposure. > > Please resist all urges to comment on my experimentation. I learned a lot > about long exposures and just wanted to share with the rest of the class. > > ben >