Funny Bob I was taught the exact opposite. Shooting an S at mid ohio I was taught to never count on the motodrive when I was shooting AAA redwings baseball in College for the Rochester Free press the first thing one of the vet shooters told me was turn off the AF (this was nikon 8008s af world)turn off the motor drive and know your shutter lag. Dust can really screw up a great play at second. The motor drive will likely miss the shot you really want. The other thing was to not use the view finder when shooting sports but to aim over the prism. This is for baseball or other sports where distances are always set. So I shot that way for a few games. Then I learned you turn on the drive and make the first press based on it being the shot hold down the shutter for only a few exposures then hold off and look for the next thing that might be happening.
FYI my family is the Drake family of Offenhauser fame. You probably know about our history with Indy and sprint cars.)
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Randy,
There are times when taking many pix of a subject in "rapid fire mode" is the way to shoot. Take an Indy Car race when the cars are entering the "esses" at Mid-Ohio. The action makes rapid fire the way to capture the action of the race.
But shooting in that mode because I can and I might get a good picture isn't the way I was taught. I usually shoot more than one shot, particularly people, since people blink and some move a little so the photos are not very flattering. Even in "rapid fire mode" thinking about composition is something to be considered.
This is an interesting thread since it makes me think about what I have been taught and what I do since going digital. And hopefully make me improve.
Bob
On 1/2/2014 11:54 AM, Randy Little wrote:
Bob I shoot a zillion more images and put just as much thought into them. And as I learned working for Arnold Newman sometimes its the shots you think won't work that end up working. Just because you limit your ability to experiment doesn't mean you will get a better picture and vis versa. Just because you CAN shoot a zillion shots doesn't mean you will or won't get better work. But the ability to experiment more and not have it cost a billion dollars in polaroid is far from a bad thing.
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