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04/26/2006 06:17:21 PM · #26 |
Great story Skip! I was sort of looking for another of your great "between the legs" shots, but you got some real gems there! BTW...a Calloway Golf Shirt? at a NASCAR/Baseball game? I'm confused.
Calloway Golf
It was real nice that you got the ball in on Kenny's Ceremonial Pitch - even if it does have a funny red halo.LOL
I'll bet you were sweating bullets...congrats on a job well-done! |
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04/26/2006 08:06:53 PM · #27 |
| I agree, I think you should get into writing as well as photography. Some magazine may take up your stories as a feature. |
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04/27/2006 01:12:16 AM · #28 |
Skip - as so many others have posted in response to this story and your others, you really have a remarkable gift.
How about a book of your collected anecdotes, along with the wisdom you've gleamed from them? "From the Other Side of the Shutter"? I'm sure you could come up with something better. :)
Keep 'em comin'. :)
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04/27/2006 01:15:53 AM · #29 |
Actually, Skip, you might try contacting popular photography or one of the other magazines, send them some samples of this, and see if you can get your own column about starting up as a photographer. If you need recommendations, I think you can get about 10,000+ recommendations from DPC!
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04/27/2006 01:33:26 AM · #30 |
ya'll are just too killer! i do enjoy writing, but i really want to master one craft at a time. for now, it's just a great way to unwind.
and, i'll just enjoy knowing both kenny wallace and steve wallace are going to have a framed 11x14 of this shot
hanging somewhere...
Originally posted by e301:
Originally posted by skiprow:
looking back, i really didn't need to fire off half the frames i shot; next time, i'll probably be a little more judicious ;-) |
This is a point I've been trying to make to all sorts of people for forever: more frames/second actually makes you less likey to get 'the shot' than the reverse. People should learn (and it isn't that hard) to anticipate the action, the 'moment', rather than holding down the shutter release and thinking that their x frames per second is bound to get the shot. Think about it: if you shoot 8 frames in a second at 1/200th, the there are 192 200ths of that second when you didn't get a shot - your odds of getting the good one are small. Ask any really good photographer - if they still lived, ask HCB, ask Robert Capa, ask Doisneau, Kertesz; ask McCullin, Erwitt and they would all tell you this.
Agh. The chasing after fps really annoys me.
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i'll agree with this for most situations, but i'll whole heartedly disagree with the 'it isn't that hard to learn' part ;-) it's one thing to anticipate how a person is going to look up after dropping a cigarette on the ground and crushing it out; it's another thing altogether to anticipate exactly how a pitcher is going to release a ball--when you've never seen him throw before... and, fps aside, i imagine most of the greats fired off more than a few shots while honing their crafts; we'll just never know how much never saw the light of day. |
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05/07/2006 04:26:06 PM · #31 |
| Great story and the pix are fine, too |
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05/07/2006 05:42:12 PM · #32 |
Great story and pix too, I love reading your posts, keep it up.
BTW, have you tried using your LS with the flash pointing at the subject for those times when there's nothing to bounce from?
Message edited by author 2006-05-07 17:42:27.
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