Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina and Feli said: > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 15:12, Tina Manley wrote: > >> No, he thinks "Look at that light!" and he automatically knows where to >> point the camera to get the reading that will make the light on her hair >> pop a little. I do that, but I have to think about it first. Ted >> doesn't >> have to think. >> Tina >> Feli said:> That's why Ted makes shots like this. > > http://stmaarten.globat.com/~afirkin.com/NewSite/FOM2%20Folder/YearOneExhibit/source/89.html > > There is no doubt that Ted is a master of his craft and he does on auto > pilot what > most of us still have to think about (or don't at all). > > My point is that I think one must be aware of the fact hat in addition to > a lot of talent, > there is also an awful lot of training and experience behind the ability > to be able to take > shots like that. <<<<< The dancing was happening and I immediately thought "gotta catch the action" as they swirled around. I was already working at the thin edge of exposure disaster with the Noctilux wide open and Tri-x at 800. So I swung with them on a few. Then I realized Amy, the lady in white, wasn't actually moving, well her upper body as in head wasn't as she swung from the midsection and hips. So I held the camera steady and shot allowing the motion of her neice to swing through at about a 1/15th. click click a couple and that was it. :-) So help me that easy. OK I suppose 50 years shooting kinda helps a little. ;-) ted