[Leica] Ice hockey shots, wide open

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Sonny

I agree with you. What I wanted to say for my point of view is, that I want 
to improve my shooting, as I'm still beginner there, and my ambition is, to 
shoot pictures that need as less correction, tuning, cropping as possible. 
I'm teaching Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash at an Art Academy and know 
these tools well; but in photographing there's a lot more of improving 
necessary for me.

But I had my lesson and will not post pictures again, that do not seem 
perfect to me (none of my pictures does it at all). Of course this will not 
mean theyre really perfect :-)

Thanks for taking the time
Didier





>Each to his own, but it is my conclusion after many years of doing this that
>the exposure on the negative is only the first step in the editing process.
>The second step is to throw away  losers.  Third step is to take the most
>promising frames and bring them to their potential.  It doesn't matter if 
>you are
>working on Photoshop or in the darkroom, tuning a fine automobile, or 
>throwing
>a vase on a turntable; the principle is the same.
>
>Posting a shot that is less than you can make it from start to finish only
>makes you look like a sloppy photographer, and no amount of excuses can 
>change
>what people see.
>
>Camera technique is terribly important, but sometimes you have to help a
>little afterwards. Crop, dodge, burn, adjust levels and curves.  If you had 
>a
>three year old daughter, and she wanted to get into your lap, would you 
>tell her
>to do it all by herself? Of course not.  The picture is your product; make 
>it
>as good as you can before you show it.
>
>Many of my pictures have flaws, and sometimes I do not notice them, but when
>someone points out an error, and I agree, I will go back and try to make it
>right.  I owe that to my images, and you do too.
>
>Regards,
>Sonny