Comments on: Camera Position 11 : Weston and the Other 29 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/7 Photography podcasts that deal with the why of photography over the how and discuss the essential qualities of the medium from the point of view of the creative photographer. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:33:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jeff http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/7/comment-page-1#comment-91 jeff Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:40:12 +0000 http://jeffcurto.com/blog/?p=7#comment-91 Even in those "machine gun" situations, where you have to shoot a lot to get what you need, you're still dealing with that "keep trying" mentality... it's just *really* sped up from what Weston was up to. I think the key is to just keep reminding yourself that one of those frames may be the one you really need to have. And... one of the big advantages of digital photography is that you can keep on shooting on a "no cost" basis. Wonder what Weston would have done with a digital camera. Wait... do I *really* want to know? ;-) Even in those “machine gun” situations, where you have to shoot a lot to get what you need, you’re still dealing with that “keep trying” mentality… it’s just *really* sped up from what Weston was up to. I think the key is to just keep reminding yourself that one of those frames may be the one you really need to have.

And… one of the big advantages of digital photography is that you can keep on shooting on a “no cost” basis.

Wonder what Weston would have done with a digital camera.

Wait… do I *really* want to know?

;-)

]]> By: Christopher Grant http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/7/comment-page-1#comment-89 Christopher Grant Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:45:14 +0000 http://jeffcurto.com/blog/?p=7#comment-89 Often in my experiences of photojournalism I don't always get the chance to try, and try again to get a certain shot. It's ultimately about machine gunning a 'decisive moment' in hopes that later one of the frames has the quality I was looking for. Here though, with the pepper and woman, it has encouraged me in my 'personal works' to take my time and keep shooting a subject rather than falling into the more familiar machine gun techniques I use in volitile demonstrations. Often in my experiences of photojournalism I don’t always get the chance to try, and try again to get a certain shot. It’s ultimately about machine gunning a ‘decisive moment’ in hopes that later one of the frames has the quality I was looking for.

Here though, with the pepper and woman, it has encouraged me in my ‘personal works’ to take my time and keep shooting a subject rather than falling into the more familiar machine gun techniques I use in volitile demonstrations.

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