NickLarsson
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OK, I'll ask. What is "slow food"?
For example, snails :
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It's very slow.
OK, I'll ask. What is "slow food"?
It's disappointing to read this.
Why? What's wrong with nostalgia? I'm quite nostalgic about my Ricoh GR (original) and will pull it out occasionally and have a lot of fun with it. Nostalgia keeps me connected emotionally to a past that I cherished. I see nothing wrong with that. It's all about rekindling a pleasure I felt once and want to feel again. I'm a bit confused as to why you're disappointed.
Oh you boys... Slow Food International
....I prefer to listen to music on LP over CDs or MP3 files. But not because it is some old-timey way to playback music. I don't play records for nostalgia's sake and I would express the same disappointment Paul did if someone suggested that the only plausible reason people used turntables was because of nostalgia.
...The writer said that the phono player is the only device that generates its own current by physically playing the media, while other methods require electronics to generate their initial current...
How? I am no physicist but the first law of thermodynamics springs to mind...
As been said by others, one does not need to shoot film to slow down, honestly I do not even think that slowing down makes one a better photographer. It all depends on what you shoot. Paying attention to what is in the viewfinder or for that matter what is around you in the world at large is the important thing. Great images are a product of a number of parts, light, composition, subject and that decisive moment. Learning the ability to capture what you see, takes shooting and practice, at whatever speed.
I also think there is a big difference between slow food and slow photography, slow food is a style of cooking that brings out favors that are different from "fast" cooking methods, it just not about slowing down to figure out how to approach cooking a leg of lamb. there is no added benefit to slowing down your photo taking unless the speed gets in the way of capturing the image. Example camera shake
I completely agree, when one is learning it is easier to go slowly to a point, but once you reach a certain confidence, speed alone should not be the main factor in one's work. I know there are times when I just shoot too fast because of time pressures, but at the same time I have no patience to just sit and contemplate my images. Many years ago while touring the southwest, I stopped at the Spider Rock Overlook in Canyon de Chelly National Monument. After firing off back then maybe 100 frames of Kodachrome, I will never forget the look on the face of the other photographer there shooting with a Hasselblad who had shot 2 frames in the same amount of time. He was shocked and I am sure thought I did not appreciate the “Zen” of that scene, but I on the other hand knew I had something like 25 incredible images. Too each his own, there is not absolute right or wrong.Bob, you are right - one does not need to shoot film to slow down. But let's explore the other point you make. Does slowing down per se make one a better photographer? As you rightly say, it depends. Slow does not equal good, but it is a contributory element in a wider consideration. To quote you again "Great images are a product of a number of parts, light, composition, subject, and that decisive moment." - how true. But the speed with which you can juggle those elements and juggle them to good effect is a function of practice and of your level of expertise. Consider starting out learning a musical instrument - let's say guitar. Your initial movements are clumsy, you jangle the strings, your strumming and fingerpicking is inconsistent, you are slow. With practice you speed up, become more adroit, and more confident. The noise becomes music. Then one day you change, let's say from electric to acoustic guitar. You are in unfamiliar territory again. You slow down, and become more aware of your movements, of how you put everything together to play a tune. It is a new challenge to you, one which makes you think, takes you back to basics.
Where I am going with this is that handling a camera, like playing a musical instrument is in equal parts an intellectual and a physical exercise. Physical memory plays a big part. When you are "in the zone", in a flow state, shooting smoothly, time itself seems to slow down, because you are working effectively, with all aspects in harmony. You do more - process more information and take more photos - in less time. Speed - or slowness - in itself is not a desirable factor, but the ability to do more in less time, to be more accurate more of the time, to achieve more with less resources - cannot be a bad thing.
Sorry, I think I have gone a bit Zen...