mysteryscribe
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- Joined
- Feb 1, 2006
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- Location
- in the middle of north carolina
- Website
- retrophotoservice.2ya.com
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos OK to edit
Weston's lenses in Mexico were so poor, that he had to make f90 and smaller apertures just to make them sharp. Only a complete idiot, a poor (as in no money) photographer, or someone trying to replicate one of the former would bother with an eight hour exposure today. Sadly, I fall into the latter.
One of the many interesting stories from the day books of Weston is: Weston would set up one of his famous pepper shots. Lock the camera down for a mulitple hour shot, and hope that no truck would pass by on the street outside his house. My little studio/lab is built on a concrete slab but I have been known to bump the tripod. Imagine the frustration of it after two hours to slightly tap the tripod. You know it is half way through the exposure, so do you chuck it or finish the 4hours and hope it slipped back to it's original possition. LOL Chuck it.
One of the many interesting stories from the day books of Weston is: Weston would set up one of his famous pepper shots. Lock the camera down for a mulitple hour shot, and hope that no truck would pass by on the street outside his house. My little studio/lab is built on a concrete slab but I have been known to bump the tripod. Imagine the frustration of it after two hours to slightly tap the tripod. You know it is half way through the exposure, so do you chuck it or finish the 4hours and hope it slipped back to it's original possition. LOL Chuck it.