What Happens When Two Photographers Go On The Same Tour?
They don't have pictures together. And they don't realize that until the last minute. They spend so much time taking pictures of everything around them, making sure they get that perfect shot with other people in it, try to tell a story with their photographs so they can share the experience with family and friends when they get back home. They go on a four hour drive to the Taj Mahal and take pictures of each other like this (with varying angles and all that).
And if those photographers (amateurs, hobbyists and professionals alike) are anything like me, they get pissed off about a digital camera being so slow (although the instant gratification of seeing what you took is a plus, especially for a blogger) and they look for fully manual settings ("How do I change the apperture?" "What do we need the flash for?" "Where's the zoom?"). They may worry about someone else holding their heirloom of a completely manual SLR with their favorite 105mm lenses on it and wonder if their fellow photographer (who has a better eye and has had a lot more practice) knows what he's doing ("I'll set it for you" "There's no autofocus" "Oh, just email me the pictures").
Then they move on to the Agra Fort at half past noon in 45 degree heat and one of them says something like hey we don't even have proof that we travelled together. The rest of the group is somewhere ahead of them and they can't ask anyone to take their picture with their precious cameras. So one photographer sticks his arm out and hopes that both of them are in the frame.
And the amateur purist who's been thinking of going digital for the longest time but doesn't want to be a turncoat and can't afford it anyway thanks God for autofocus!
On a somewhat related note, I like this picture (my new favorite headshot):
It's so...Friendster! (I've been having a hard time uploading it there, though).
Unfortunately, because I still use film, I won't see any of the pictures I took and won't be able to post them online until next week. Everything on this post is from Vince's D70. Oh well...
posted by Calai @ 10:54 AM
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