Duly noted. I guess my biggest concern is, based on some of the
comments on some of the stories about stochastic method I've read,
whether or not I'm missing out on a lot of texture by being lazy. I've
seen so many images that are just so rich in detail, yet the subject
matter seemed to be of a nature that demanded snap judgment. I couldn't
help wondering if there were some particular method or technique I ought
to be using that is suffering from my approach.
In a way, it's a relief to know that, rather than being lazy, I'm just
not that talented.
Thanks, David.
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On 11/21/2010 8:02 PM, David Parsons wrote:
Spray and Pray really doesn't have anything to do with a Stochastic
method. Besides that, 3 or 4 carefully considered shots is the
antithesis of S&P.
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
For the past couple of days, I seem to keep encountering references to
"stochastic" photography -- or "spray and pray" if you will, and it's piqued
my interest. It's not that I'm considering actively pursuing the practice
so much as I wonder how much my current style (method?) could actually be
considered stochastic. Having never worked in the vicinity of another
photographer before, my days out shooting with Ted Beilby were, as I said,
educational. We took nearly diametrically opposed approaches.
Clearly, Ted came out with better quality shots than I did. He was much
more methodical and exacting and produce much more highly textured images
than I did. At the same time, I came out with some images that, while not
as polished as Ted's, did have some redeeming value -- at least I thought
they did. I was so arrested by the sheer amount of potential subject matter
that I felt I had to get as many different shots as I could in order to get
a reasonable account of my experience, so I shot hand-held, almost
exclusively. Knowing that I'd have at least several hundred shots to go
through at the end of my trip (also, due to a relative lack of PC processing
power and memory), I stuck to shooting single exposures in jpeg.
Some subjects, I chose to take three or four different shots from different
perspectives and focal depths, while others I shot once or twice and moved
on. And, that's typically the way I do things. A large part of the reason
for that is that I simply don't trust what the camera shows me on its
display to be an accurate depiction of what I'm going to see when I load it
onto the computer. The same goes for my perception of any given scene at
the time. I come away with rough approximation in my mind, and when I get
home, I'm usually "fairly"close, but never seemingly dead-on in my
expectations.
And, of course, a good bit of what I do shoot simply defies staging in any
practical sense. I'm not going to be able to tell a butterfly how to hold
its wings, or a bird where to position itself within my frame. So, I have
to make snap judgments and several attempts. To the extent that I'm able to
dictate composition, I do make a fairly diligent attempt at it. But, at the
same time, I don't try to control every minute detail -- essentially because
the vast majority of the subjects I shoot are in an environment that simply
defies control.
So, I was just curious as to the thoughts of the folks on the list as to how
much my approach would be considered "spray and pray" by more seasoned
photographers, and how much it would benefit if it were less so.
Thanks for any input anyone has to offer.
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