>
> I admit the time pressure is one of the reason but
> more important is the 'film' is free. I know this bad habit can be
> corrected
> but it is just not easy so I prefer a total OM system which will slow me
> down.
>
I've been shooting enough film this year to choke a giraffe. I've kinda
taken an opposite attitude about "digital is cheaper and faster" thing.
With the exception of obvious high-wastage shoots (sports, wildlife), my
shooting rate of DIFFERENT shots is actually higher with film.
Seems counter-intuitive, but stick with me...
With film, I'm shooting only one or two pictures of a given composition. By
not leaning on the technology, my confidence in the exposure and focus is
much greater. No need to shoot more because I know I got the shot the first
time. I'll usually shoot two, just for insurance in case I have a scratched
negative or an eye-blink, but otherwise that's it. Instead of shooting
multiples of a given picture, I've moved on right away to the next
composition. My mentality when shooting digital is "making sure I get THIS
picture right", but with film, my mentality is "making sure I get the NEXT
picture right".
The end result is that by the end of the day I am getting up to twice the
compositions than I'm getting when shooting digital within the same period
of time. Initially, when I went digital, it was the other way
around--precisely because of cost per image. But thanks to improved
scanning and processing technology and emulsions, I've completely converted
from slide to print films with the price advantage of negs. My running
per-shot rate is 15-22 cents depending on film and lab. That compares to
over 50 cents per frame with slides.
So, basically, what is happening to me, is that with film, I'm not bogged
down tweaking, chimping, tweaking, chimping... to get the shot.
In the next installment of the Auto-Racing articles, I have a picture of a
"DO NOT DO THIS" moment. I photographed another photographer who was at the
fence (ie, crash zone) who wasn't watching the action, but was busy chimping
instead. Unfortunately, the picture didn't show her doing the unpardonable
sin--turning her back to the cars as she was doing that more often than not.
AG
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