Hi Daniel,
So you're on holidays in NZ? After my own experience with visiting that country
recently I can only agree that there are really many photo opportunities. We
shot 17 rolls of slide film (600 frames) and some 800 digipics in the 3 months
we've been there. That equals the same 7-8 photos a day as we were the two of
us.
I think the light over there is quite unique; the fast shifts of light and
shade on a sligthly cloudy day or the really fast sunsets really make a
phtographer "trigger happy". Add the fact that most of us may have to spend
their lives in much less scenic environments, and you have another reason to
shoot away.
Or maybe it is the change from one's usual photo scenes. Last night I was
fishing with a friend of mine and on the way back on our bikes we saw the most
amazing sunset sky when crossing the Aalborg harbour bridge. (It was 11 pm, by
the way. Quite a change after seeing the sun set in NZ at about 5 pm) I was
tempted to get my camera, but no, I had framed that scene so many times before.
I do much less photos here.
Best regards,
Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Mitchell" <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:46 AM
Subject: [OM] How many shots do you take?
> I just counted up the number of films I've had printed since getting to NZ,
> and it's a grand total of 54 (24-exposure) rolls in the last 5 1/2 months;
> or an average of between 7 and 8 photos a day, or two and a half rolls a
> week. (In practise, it tends to be a few rolls every time we go somewhere
> interesting, so it's not as spread out as that makes it sound).
>
> Now, this is definitely above normal for me, but heck, I'm on holiday (a
> very long holiday, to be fair) so some of this is me rattling off stuff to
> keep memories for later, and some of it's taking shots for the photography
> of it all (like the XA-at-night ones, for instance).
>
> I'm curious -- how many shots are the other people here taking, and of
> what?
>
> There's a lot of discussion of equipment and food and suchlike here, but
> other than the TOPEs and the occasional test image, there's not all that
> many actual shots being posted, given the number of people discussing
> things -- are people photographing stuff but not putting it on web sites, or
> just not being as film-happy as I've been, or something else entirely? Maybe
> it's just familiarity with the surroundings -- I certainly didn't burn film
> so fast back in Calgary, but even then I was still trying to shoot things
> reasonably often just to keep my eye in.
>
> -- dan
>
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