He spent his life working to get some of the best pictures ever taken!
HCB never had to work a day in his life.
Auer has a good point. Planning is needed for flow for when one wishes to achieve a goal. Struggle can arise when one realizes that planning for the known will only take one to the known...and one has to push and struggle to break through the known to get to the unknown...the goal one did not realize existed and could not be planned for.
old gates covered in cobwebs.
Well, you should put them back when you're done looking at them...
There is not much that is automatic with LF use. It is important to learn from ones mistakes in order to reconize them when one makes them again. And then again...Over thinking gets me in trouble. It was a struggle learning the ropes. Once I got it down I'd rather just take photos and not overthink it. I'm breaking rocks learning 4x5, however once I get the workflow down I'll just go and shoot.
There is not much that is automatic with LF use. It is important to learn from ones mistakes in order to reconize them when one makes them again. And then again...
Spontaneity in LF for me, is in the moment of realization of the image to be made...the length of time required to actually make the image is relatively unimportant. This sprung out at me while wandering around in this place. But the exposure was long enough for me to enjoy a short nap. (4x10 carbon print)
No pain no gain.
No pain, no pain.
That's cool! I have an old wood Speed Graphic that I used with a magnifying glass as a lens (with the rear curtain shutter), hand-held, and using Type 55 Polaroid film for a few images. And many people have found your combo (much lighter than the Speeds) great for traveling...home and abroad. My son's last BB game -- fitting...I guess the Dodgers are in the World Series. Alex is between undergrad and grad school, studying Japanese in Tokyo under a fellowship.
Stand back when I have pain from gas.No pain, no G. A. S.
Then you'll want to take Big Bertha with you! https://kodakery.com/2013/06/28/big-bertha-and-don-newcombe/
Hard work is most overrated.
Well said.Auer has a good point. Planning is needed for flow for when one wishes to achieve a goal. Struggle can arise when one realizes that planning for the known will only take one to the known...and one has to push and struggle to break through the known to get to the unknown...the goal one did not realize existed and could not be planned for.
While I agree, some people prefer to make things happen.
But you hit the nail on the head. The essence or joy of photographing (one part of the whole process) for me is the wandering, until I stumble upon the intersection of equipment, experience, eye, and luck (or wonder, or whatever one wants to call it) that brings everything together as seeing.
In the instance you just shared, that is why I photograph. To be able to see that light and its interaction with what is reflecting it. And seeing it with or without a camera is an equal joy. I have experienced incredible light in instances that there was no way to set up an 8x10, or even the Rollei...so what? It was the experience backed by decades of looking at the light that matters. I can bring that experience into my future photos...it will not go to waste.
Absolutely spot on! Well said.Creative photography is a subject that requires little expertise to get rewarding results. Someone with a point and shoot camera and access to interesting situations and people, will produce better work than someone with fabulous gear and access to old gates covered in cobwebs.
Professional photography is a different matter. That's making silk purses from sow's ears, which necessitates technical knowhow.
Do you mean the 1% of shots HCB took, or ALL the shots he took, which he then berried and never showed to anyone?He spent his life working to get some of the best pictures ever taken!
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