dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

I'll keep practicing with the lens cap in place.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Of course, I wasn't there within Brandenburg to make sure he only made one shot per day. I saw an exhibition of his images from Chased by the Light at a museum at Jackson Hole. To be sure I found some images preferable to others but on balance the whole exhibit was exemplary. Brandenburg, who had been a National Geographic contract photographer for several years, had found himself worn out from long periods away from his home. He returned to his home at Ely in northern Minnesota and tasked himself to an indepth study of a small area of the Boundary Waters area. There is a 58 minute video that details the project. National Geographic believed him and dedicate a large part of an issue publishing the photographs. Brandenburg worked with a film camera and wasn't able to "chimp" his images. Everything that went into a photograph, exposure, lighting, compostion, etc had to be there because there was no second chance, no do over. He wouldn't know if his effort was successful until the film was developed. He has published over ten books, numerous pieces in Nat Geo and several iconic wildlife photographs, probably the most famous is an artic wolf leaping from one ice floe to another. Yet all these publications are not the accomplishment that derives the most satisfaction from. In 2001, working with the National Fish and Wildlife Service, he purchased the first thousand acres of the Touch the Sky Tallgrass Prairrie in southwest Minnesota north fo Luverne where he was born and raised. The Touch the Sky Prairie now has grown to over 12,000 acres and is still expanding. The Jim Brandenburg Prairie Foundation works toward advancing the goals of prairie preservation and restoration. You can take all the issue you care to with regard to his photography, as we all can with anyone's, but perhaps you should google Jim Brandenburg and Chased by the Light or Touch the Sky before you call into question his personal veracity. If it had been me, I would have done that before I posted.

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

In the day, Nat Geo photographers could easily go through 100 rolls of film every day while on assignment.

EJMcD

Thanks for the info. Hope I don't offend anyone but I'm still a doubting Thomas. Not familiar with him and had no interest in googling but thanks for the suggestion. See recent post by kymarto.

goofybruce

My entry to photography was with the Keesler News, published at Keesler AFB in Mississippi. Our office also handled public PR and coordinated the commanding general's "public" appearances. We had to rely on the BASE photo shop -- we had no priority for use of photographer(s). So, in our office cabinet was a Roloflex 120 film camera and a 4x5 Speed Graphic with just two film holders (4 total shots)... I learned early the priority on a job: Rule 1. get a picture we can publish as quick as possible. Rule 2, then "work the scene" not only moving around, but the same subject from a variety of angles. I guess I developed a better eye as a part-time (weekend) TV reporter who had to shoot the film, do a stand-up., then procssess the film, edit the film, do the voice-overs (if needed). I also had to produce, write, the 6 p.m. newscast from "good evening" to "good night". As a result, I developed an eye toward the "Quick and then the Pulitzer" attitude toward shooting.

EJMcD

If you didn't get a good one, keep shooting, i.e. working the scene.

EJMcD

Volume = As many as it takes.

EJMcD

Sports and BIFs...of course.

EJMcD

That's "working the scene".