Nicely put. I shot a lot more with a digital camera at first. I make many
few shots per keeper than I used to. That's partly because I'm a little
better at "driving the bus," but every image has to be processed as
well. That's seat time in front of the computer, which is a lot like work.
Joel W.
At 11:49 PM 6/16/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>A false dichotomy. You can shoot any way you like with film or with
>digital.
>
>But most people find they do shoot more with digital. I shoot a
>little more with digital because I realize I still have things to
>learn. Before I would plan a learning project, set aside film for it,
>make notes. Most of your notes are recorded for you so
>experimentation can be spontaneous. So I will try things different
>ways when before I might not have when it seemed extravagant to push
>a lot of film. I always rationed my film on vacation because of cost
>of buying and processing and having to carry it. Now I don't worry
>about it and don't rationalize not taking extra shots or some shots
>that probably will not turn out and waste my film.I find that my
>percentage of keepers has not improved and may be a bit worse, but
>the number of keepers have and some of them are more daring and more
>interesting that the sure thing. It is not automatically just taking
>a bunch of pictures, but thinking about new ways to take them. Lots
>of fun.
>
>
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, California, USA
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