#3 Steve Fleshman - March 18, 2017 - Annandale, Virginia
Saturday, March 18, 2017
I met Steve back in 2003 when we were both taking a screen printing class. During the class, I learned that Steve was a graphic designer and he later hired me to do photography for a company that he was working for as a creative director. He later went out on his own and started a marketing business called DR2 which specializes in direct marketing pieces for organizations and companies. He has created impressive work for many clients.
The word "intuition" came up during the photo shoot today as I was discussing with Steve the differences between shooting with film and digital. "What I'm doing here today with the lighting and exposure relies a whole lot more on my intuition that I ever do with digital photography". Meaning with digital there is instant feedback on the back of the camera - a photographer can instantly correct mistakes - change lighting, see how things are working out. When shooting with film - a photographer has to "fly blind" - there is no feedback until the film is developed. And I'm not shooting Polaroids.
During the shoot, I literally broke out into a sweat as a result of the pressure of making ten photos in ten minutes. I used lighting on this shoot and I needed to check the exposures often with a light meter as I switched the light several times, doing so ate up some of the precious time. I used every second of the ten minutes. I started out the shoot by double exposing the first frame - it is an easy mistake to make with the RZ if a lever on the side of the camera is in the wrong position. But as one of my favorite authors (Harry Crews) said in interview when talking about performance - "Either you got it or you don't have it". Either I'm going to get a good photo in ten minutes or I'm not.
The word "intuition" came up during the photo shoot today as I was discussing with Steve the differences between shooting with film and digital. "What I'm doing here today with the lighting and exposure relies a whole lot more on my intuition that I ever do with digital photography". Meaning with digital there is instant feedback on the back of the camera - a photographer can instantly correct mistakes - change lighting, see how things are working out. When shooting with film - a photographer has to "fly blind" - there is no feedback until the film is developed. And I'm not shooting Polaroids.
During the shoot, I literally broke out into a sweat as a result of the pressure of making ten photos in ten minutes. I used lighting on this shoot and I needed to check the exposures often with a light meter as I switched the light several times, doing so ate up some of the precious time. I used every second of the ten minutes. I started out the shoot by double exposing the first frame - it is an easy mistake to make with the RZ if a lever on the side of the camera is in the wrong position. But as one of my favorite authors (Harry Crews) said in interview when talking about performance - "Either you got it or you don't have it". Either I'm going to get a good photo in ten minutes or I'm not.
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