Many years ago, when I was floating, awash in nondescript, boring photos as
pretty much a newbie, my mentor told me two things:
1. If your pictures are not good enough, you're not close enough. (He did not
claim this as original; attribution un-remembered)
So, as I was off to a weekend with friendsin the hills of Grey County, he
instructed that I take ONLY my Konica C-35V (38mm f2.8) and
2. Make no pictures farther away than 5 ft.
It was magic. One lens... one perspective: close.
Earl
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On 12/15/2003 at 11:08 AM Marc Lawrence wrote:
>I just changed the Subject, Jim in case people are automatically
>skipping it thinking it isn't OMMMmmmmmm:
>
>> Jim [mailto:jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote [highly edited be me]:
>> How about this... I've got a visit to my folks coming up, and
>> for once I'm driving instead of flying... so I can/could take
>> essentially unlimited OM gear with me. So far my plans are
>> kind of fuzzy, but I've about decided on:
>> OM 4Ti, 50/1.2, 100/2.0, 21/2.0, 35/2/0, T-32, probably IS-30
>> for snapshots...few rolls of film, mostly Fuji or Kodak color
>> print. I'm not looking to do anything artsy, except maybe some
>> informal portraits of Mom & Dad. Can anyone think of
>> suggestions, additions or deletions...?
>
>If it was me (and it will be, because you've described the
>very same dilemma I have every time I head home), I'd take
>*everything*...but end up only using two bits (one body, one lens).
>
>FWIW, although things like the newish digital camera add to my
>dilemma, when I didn't have it I only ever used my OM1
>and 50/1.4. In fact, it's my intention to only take it
>and the digital camera this time, rather than the whole kit &
>caboodle...and I'll renege on this committment and take
>everything anyway <g>
>
>Some photos from last Christmas are here (okay, they're not
>the best, but they give an idea of the use of that focal
>length. It's my personal fave, but you probably have your
>own fave focal length for this type of stuff):
>
>http://www.geocities.com/montsnmags/Xmas/xmas.htm
>
>For me, KISS works best, but that doesn't mean I don't
>take everything (it just means I don't end up using it.
>It annoys the hell out of my partner! <g>). Now, if I was
>flying, well, I'd be sleepless trying to decide...
>
>Cheers
>Marc
>Sydney, Oz
>
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