[LRflex] Re: Walking along the seaside
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:30:22 -0400
Hi Marc :-)
graphic designer eh? Well those are some of my favorite kinds of people. I
worked for 3years in the student promotions office at my university as the
photographer for the school magazine. Mostly I copped a desk and hung out there
between classes and became the twenty something old guy mascot :-) with the
artists and designers working there making signs, posters, etc for student
organizations. Good times.
I had a thought about the cropping you're doing with your 5D images: Have you
considered getting a focus screen with cropping marks on it? I believe Canon
has one with reticle marks in fixed locations and the Katz Eye folks, iirc,
will let you order one with custom crop marks and even order an integrated
manual focus assist device.
Don't know if that would be helpful for you, but can't know unless I share it!
Sincerely,
Richard Ward
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On Apr 6, 2012, at 3:49 AM, "Marc Dufour" <foto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Richard,
>
> Of course, each picture, each scene requires its own format. Although
> there's always more than one only way of approaching things.
> For my part, during many years, I was prioritizing the vertical format,
> probably influenced by my work as a graphic designer and, unconsciously,
> preparing a possible application in a poster, a page of advertising, etc.
> Having said that, the horizontal format seduces me, right now, especially
> since I began to use the Digilux 3 and its possibility of 16 x 9.
> By the way, since I use the Canon 5 d, most of my photos are suffering some
> kind of cut/crop.
> Cut/crop is to isolate, as to take a photograph is to isolate a piece of
> reality.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Richard Ward
> Enviado el: jueves, 05 de abril de 2012 20:03
> Para: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [LRflex] Re: Walking along the seaside
>
> Synergy :-)
>
> I think the lines of the trail now do a better job of leading the eye across
> the frame and then down into the seashore.
>
> As to me preferring narrow horizontals, I submit that what I prefer is
> whichever crop is appropriate for the image be it horizontal, vertical,
> square, 4x5, 4x3, 6x9, 16x9, or even 6x24 for a recent shot I printed. :-)
>
> Once upon a time I was devoted to cropping in camera, be it with my Minolta
> X700, my Rollei TLR, or my 4x5 Busch Pressman 45D, and then printing the
> negatives full frame in the lab. It was a disciplinary mechanism to overcome
> my tendency to rush my framing and camera angles when caught up in the rush
> of shooting. It served me well until my middle 20's and my Junior Year
> inncollege. I had an extended session in the darkroom with the master
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