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Digital Cameras in Europe - how?
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Digital Cameras in Europe - how?
Following up to Jeremy Henderson
Two questions, one argumentative the other not (!) Do you enjoy looking at the photos with your friend of your day out in the hills? Not much, I find video makes for a much more fun record of the day, that can be fun watching in the evening, especially when the weather has been wild. I have often shot unaimed on wide angle when the going gets tough, its an effort but can make great watching. I always tried to "interview" everyone if we decided to turn back, I have one of myself explaining the wind on the ridge was too much unaware of icicles hanging from my moustache! However, the camera broke as most complex machines do and I decided that it was (a) too big a lump in my rucksack and (b) it was stopping me concentrating on stills, the two approaches being very different so I don't do that now. How, as a matter of interest, do you share your photos with your friend? Suppose he shows up in a few months and says "remember that trip to the Lakes - let's look at the photos you took", how do you respond? I might show him my set of Lakes slides, probably on the PC, possibly slides with music playing and point out shots taken on that trip if there were any. Usually there are not. My objective with photos is to eventually have a set of images that record the beauty of the Lake district in all its moods, I don't take shots of "Carol on top of Scafell Pike" or general record shots and I don't feel the need for a big pile of snapshots of where i have been. If I visit a place I often don't even take a camera at all as it can get in the way of enjoying the place and just buy either some good postcards or a book if I want a momento (done by a photographer who has put the time and effort in to get a set of worthwhile shots). One trip I did take "snaps" was walking the Thames path as I had decided it would be worth doing a web page as it could be of interest to others, I have since been back several times to fill in shots and retake shots in better conditions. This process gives me a lot of pleasure, no doubt i'm not typical but I really get little pleasure from snaps. I would rather look at a map! Snaps and instant digital also get in the way of exaggeration in the pub afterwards. -- Mike Reid Drinking the Thames path "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/thames.htm" |
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