Get it right
May 18, 2016 04:40:23 #
Don Mcullin was a Sunday Times photographer. Taking shots in a war zone with shells and bullets all around him he took an exposure reading.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
May 19, 2016 07:28:56 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
viscountdriver wrote:
Don Mcullin was a Sunday Times photographer. Taking shots in a war zone with shells and bullets all around him he took an exposure reading.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
And your point is? What is the value of this post? Doesn't everyone believe that statement? If he had had a modern, accurate, phone with him he would not have to worry about anything would he?
May 19, 2016 07:57:46 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Don Mcullin was a Sunday Times photographer. Taking shots in a war zone with shells and bullets all around him he took an exposure reading.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Nice story. Perhaps you should include it in your memoirs. I suppose the point is to try and get it right in the camera.
May 19, 2016 08:26:21 #
I take it as a commentary on craftsmanship. I have always appreciated fine craftsmanship in any of the arts. It seems to me that today many paintings are just slapped together. Music consists of prearranged drum tracks with a singer who has no voice; Stage works are little more than overtly sexual language and images, etc. In photography, at least, technology has made the craftsmanship element somewhat easier to achieve.
May 19, 2016 10:31:26 #
billnikon wrote:
And your point is? What is the value of this post? Doesn't everyone believe that statement? If he had had a modern, accurate, phone with him he would not have to worry about anything would he?
I suggest you get a sense of humour transplant.
May 19, 2016 10:56:15 #
A seasoned photographer such as McCullin didn't need a meter, he was able dial in the proper exposure instinctively just by looking at the scene he is photographing.
May 19, 2016 12:47:37 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Don Mcullin was a Sunday Times photographer. Taking shots in a war zone with shells and bullets all around him he took an exposure reading.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Mcullin, also said this.
“Digital photography can be a totally lying experience - you can move what you want, the whole thing can’t be trusted really."
May 19, 2016 13:05:39 #
The Watcher wrote:
Mcullin, also said this.
“Digital photography can be a totally lying experience - you can move what you want, the whole thing can’t be trusted really."
“Digital photography can be a totally lying experience - you can move what you want, the whole thing can’t be trusted really."
Digital photography has just made it easier. Photographers have been "lying" as long as photography has existed.
May 19, 2016 16:59:17 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
viscountdriver wrote:
Don Mcullin was a Sunday Times photographer. Taking shots in a war zone with shells and bullets all around him he took an exposure reading.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Later he explained, no point in dying if you have the wrong exposure.
Makes sense... to always get it right in the camera. It's just not always possible.
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