Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Cameras revisited

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Author: Chris Aitken
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Cameras revisited
> It's worth considering one or two "old fashioned" Press photoraphy
> techniques, probably adapted for your camera. The pair I always keep
> handy are setting the camera in a general-purpose condition and shoot
> first then be clever. In the days of film Press photography, that would
> mean the camera was left focussed at 3 metres and stopped to F8. When
> you see the shot, just point and shoot a couple, "from the hip" if
> necessary, then go on to compose a proper shot as you'd like it. Some of
> those point and shoot photos will be total crap, some will have real
> impact. It costs nothing but a few moments to bin the failures ..
> digital pictures are cheap!


f/8 and be there...