Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think tripods in a sense free us up more than they do the opposite as most people think. Tripod use is the secret weapon for really great photography is my view. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:33:10 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-) > > This is about deliberation. Some years ago I was with my wife, a > Nikon SLR (film, of course) and (shudder) a tripod, at Point Lobos. > At a scenic spot, I set up the camera and tripod, feeling slightly > embarrassed at pretending to be a photographer. But just having this > box on a tripod changed my attitude. I'd look through the viewfinder, > ask my wife to do the same, shift the camera by one or two degrees > and have both of us look again. So different an approach from > hand-held, although I don't really think it made a difference in the > final result in this particular case. > > Herb > > >> Well it is a very unique type of shooting, Richard. Really slow and >> cognitive. You don't get to "work" a venue like you can with a >> digital SLR. As the LUG experienced with me the multiple times I had >> to go back and shoot my "Remembering Guy Blase" image >> ( >> http://www.rgaphoto.com/benches/content/2011_09_24_GusBlase_MASTER_PANO_WestV >> iew_large.html >> >> ) >> >> multiple times before getting the image. When the light turns good, >> you don't have the time to frame, bracket shoot, move and reframe >> and shoot another set of bracketed shots. >> >> Sometimes taking your time and pre-visualizing can be a wonderful >> experience. Other times I wish I could work a subject from multiple >> vantage points while the light cooperates. >> >> I love the slow cognitive work for landscapes. I love being able to >> work a subject for portrait shots. Different tools for different >> folks; we are lucky to live at such an amazing time for our passion >> of photography! >> Best, >> Bob >> >> Bob Adler >> http://www.rgaphoto.com >> >> On Jan 22, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >>> To me personally, these two are the most important points: >>> >>> - Search for the unseen. The first step in creating a great image is to >>> show something heretofore unseen. >>> >>> - It is not only the subject matter that contains the unseen. It can be >>> a >>> special angle, a special view, unusual lighting, a distinct vantage >>> point, >>> Hyper-Reality or something else. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Richard Man >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/understanding-series/everything_matters__it >> _is_all_about_the_small_details.shtml >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information