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I should have been paying more attention and
remembered the photographers' names. It was a fascinating
conversation. The one photographer described how he'd take on image, pull
out the film carrier, turn it and put it in again to take another image.
What an ordeal with racing cars speeding by.
I had one experience of being on a race track to
photograph racing cars while they were racing. I was using a Canon
F-1 and and an AE-1. That's the night my hair turned
white{:->
Marilyn
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Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:31
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Subject: Re: Ok so everyone seems to want
lively debate (not flame wars)
I wish I had heard this program.
I used to photograph CART races, never professionally, with my trusty OM-1n
with the autowinder and that was a challenge. Then when my Mother's
friend Art, ie: arthritis, joined me I switched to a Canon A2e. With the
autofocus and faster motor I got more good shots and helped Kodak's bottom
line.....
I have to admire those guys that shot with 4X5s and their
photos.
Bob
Marilyn Dalrymple wrote:
I
was listening to the radio while driving home this afternoon. I
was surprised to hear the radio show was about photography. The
subject talked about was the photography of car races (I believe Danbury
Races?) with a 4 X 5 Speed Graphic. The two photographer's talking
reminisced about when the photographer only had one chance to get "The" shot
- when the action was at its apex, the lighting was perfect and there was no
blurring. It sounds rather challenging when we consider that we can
shoot - how many images in seconds today?
I didn't get the
photographers' names, but the conversation was interesting and I had to
marvel at the thought of photographing car races with a 4 X 5.
It
saddens me, and often amazes me, how sloppy much of today's photography is
(images stretched or smashed to fit the area in which the photograph is
injected - newspapers are usually guilty of this).
Marilyn
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