My outfit of choice for a photography session emphasises comfort over style. In fact style is not a consideration at all. Whatever T-shirt is on top of the magically replenished pile in the wardrobe, pair of tatty jeans and my beloved Caterpillar boots which have not been cleaned since I lived in England. Top the lot with a scruffy, floppy, blue hat. So it would be fair to say that I was outdone by this gentleman:
It was not surprising to discover that he was Swiss, but a little surprising to find out that he is a doctor for biological medicine; because I have no idea what that involves. Biological weapons, bad. Biological medicine, good. How do you differentiate?
Anyway, he was shooting with a thirty year old Canon which used to belong to his wife. It was packed in a neat silver case with an assortment of lenses and he was very proud of carrying on his wife’s tradition. He certainly looked very cool:
While I machine-gunned my way through 800+ shots, he took a leisurely film’s worth of 36 exposures; and decided he would keep his second film for another day. And it spite of my high image count; his more relaxed approach may well have produced some better photographs.
Not sure I could return to the world of film shooting though; but I do rather fancy a hat like that.
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2010-02-20| Qon saysi’m absolutely sure u can’t return to film. you’re a technology crack addict.
2010-02-20| Spike saysNot at all. A real technology crack addict would even get excited about playing with small radio controlled cars. Oh….