[filmscanners] Re: Re:shoot first, fix it later

["Andre" <am1000@videotron.ca>]

Henri Cartier-Bresson could outmeter any meter you'd care to mention. His
exposure were timed correctl;y. Most of the times he would work with one
unmetered camera and one lens. On the street he was swift, worked almost
unseen and moved on rapidly.

He did not want to work in the darkroom. He though he wasn't good enough.
Therefore he had a printer handle all his films.

Like several of his contemporaries, he wasn't wastefull. Another french
photographer, Edouard Boubat would go out on a commercial shoot with a twin
lens camera, one film and come back with a few unexposed frames. That's when
he would take personal pictures.

They knew the depression and war years and the lean years of the late
forties.

Times have changed. In these bountyful years where film is cheap (well used
to be), motorized 35mm autofocus cameras with matrix metering have changed
the way photographers work nowadays.

Henri Cartier Bresson was a man of his time. A great man, nonetheless.

Cheers,
Andre
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com>
To: <am1000@videotron.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 12:11 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Re:shoot first, fix it later


There's a whole branch of the photographic art that involves the fast
snapping of pictures, without time to get the lighting, composition, or
focus just right. Cartier-Bresson's street photography comes to mind. I'm
sure that for every one of his photos you see in a book, he took dozens that
ended up in the trash. Photographing sporting events is another area in
which you can't count on getting the shot right, so you have to shoot
hundreds and take the few that come out. And if you can use Photoshop to fix
some of the less than perfect ones, wonderful.

--

Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

> From: Tim Schooler
>
> Shooting it right doesn't mean it costs more. Sorry, I disagree. My
> responsibility as a professional is to do the job right. If I screw up,
> then I worry about fixing it. I think its ludicrous to shoot with the
> intent that you'll make it look good with computer enhancement.

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