By the time I get the 12x20 setup, I am going to shoot even if it's someone's trash bin. :) Robert Hall www.RobertHall.com On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Myron Gochnauer <goch@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > http://www.alexandrebuisse.org/blog/Shutter-warm-up > > > With 4x5 and larger, forcing yourself to set up for a shot, composing, > focussing etc. can be helpful too, even if you don't make the exposures. > > It's as though going through the motions forces the creative circuits in > the brain to get busy, and once they are active you begin to recognize all > kinds of possibilities you didn't see before. If that is a plausible > explanation, then the key is forcing yourself to make the kinds of aesthetic > judgments and adjustments you need to create good images. > > So it might really be brain-warm-up or aesthetic-warm-up. > > Myron > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >