Your points 2 & 3 apply equally to landscape photography. Translated, they are
2) check out the
subject in advance , even with a compass, if necessary, to see where the sun
will be at its rising
and setting. And 3) wait for that magic light to happen. (And then, 1);
bracketing).
John
Barry B. Bean wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:03:31 -0600, Jay Maynard wrote:
>
> >What's a photographer to do?
>
> The three things that have gotten me my best shots are:
>
> 1) Burning LOTS of film, developing it promptly and analyzing for
> mistakes
>
> 2) getting to know the game and the players well enough to better
> predict where the good shots will happen.
>
> 3) the patience to set up a good shot and wait for it to happen. I
> can't tell you how long I've spent sitting on the third base line,
> prefocussed on a spot halfway to third, leaning on my 300 and
> monopod, waiting for a runner to come in. But when they do, I'll get
> an entire series of keepers.
>
> I'm still struggling with basketball. It seems much more difficult
> toshoot than baseball, and I'm stillnot happy with my exposures.
> I'mabout to try a few games sans flash, shooting at 1600 or so to see
> if I'm happier with that.
>
> BBB
> -
> B.B. Bean - Have horn, will travel
> bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Peach Orchard, MO
> http://www.beancotton.com/bbbean.shtml
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