Mike Johnston wrote:
>
>
>The process of shooting is See, shoot, see, shoot, see, shoot,
>
>not:
>
>See, hesitate while you ponder whether it might be a good "composition,"
>examine the viewfinder, evaluate, examine the edges, apply the rule of
>thirds, evaluate again, move to the right to exclude telephone wires,
shoot.
>

Actually, for me it's more like the "not" version you describe...

See, decide it's an interesting subject, consider lighting, angles,
placement of subject in frame, plus a lot more, shoot.

I don't really decide whether what I see is a  *good composition*.  If I
like the *subject*, I attempt to *make* a pleasing composition,
incorporating it.  There are sometimes though that good compositions are
just staring you in the face, but I find it usually takes more work than
that for me.  It may actually be that I see potential for a pleasing
composition and then I attempt to fine-tune it into one.

Like you said re: larger format cameras, it's probably the reason why I'm
leaning towards a 67II as opposed to another 35mm camera.  I figure if I
takes this long with a 35mm, I might as well reap the benefits of  larger
media.


Tom C.



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