Comments on: Vision Priority Mode

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:21:32 +0000

David, I missed this one when it came out and just found it now. Wonderful to read after getting a chance to listen to you talk the other night! I smiled with I read your definition of “Professional”. I have an uncle in Michigan, the father of 7. He has made his living since the oldest was in diapers making little wooden toys to sell at fairs. After 4 decades of more “art” fairs that any poor soul should endure his one glib remark, “if it sells, it’s art”.
Thanks for keeping me thinking, and if you feel like sending my your busted 2nd body and 85 1.2, feel free.

By: Niki

Niki — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:55:09 +0000

Hey David! I have been so encouraged reading your rants! Most of all reading the excerpts from your book! I have always had a little saying I made up in my head and I thought I would share it with you and then you can tell me if someone else has already said it! True photography is to the eyes, what a symphony is to the ears. Did that make sense? Or how about, Photography is a symphony for the eyes? Anyway, your photography is becoming more like Mozart every day! I know, I’m a cheese ball! Sharon can mock me too if she wants! Can you help me come up with a new name for my photography busidness? I really lack in the creative department when it comes to names! Look forward to picking your brain again soon! Take care!

By: David

David — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:57:54 +0000

Alison – Try telling them your bought it at the same store that Shakespeare bought his really expensive pen

No matter how you reply to this it comes of snarky and defensive, so I just say thank you and then bludgeon them with my second body and 85/1.2

By: Alison Cornford-Matheson

Alison Cornford-Matheson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:45:51 +0000

Fabulous post David, and something that’s been on my mind after four days straight of shooting popular gardens here in Belgium and Holland. “Your camera looks expensive… it must take great pictures!” Sigh, I know we’ve all heard it and we all know “rich uncle Bob” who has an even nicer camera than ours and still insists on using his pop-up flash at the stadium… How do we educate the general public?

By: David

David — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:55:57 +0000

@ Andreas – If Joe Buissink says it, then I’m the last person in the world to argue with his results. He’s truly a gifted photographer.

@Everyone else – Never seen Joe’s work, check it out – http://www.joebuissink.com/

By: Christine Glade

Christine Glade — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:50:04 +0000

Hmm. Thanks David for the Pogo info. That’s a nifty little gadget! I think think of lots of fun to have with that –

But yes I am looking for a way to easily attach a page or two of “story” to a photo that wouldn’t necessarily go as meta data or anything but just be related somehow. I will probably have to do it the other way around – create the document and note the image info in it. Either way, you’ve inspired me to shoot more people when I roam around. That’s new for me…but I am loving it.

(And yes, meeting and enjoying a private performance with Grandpa Elliot was a real highlight! of my time in the Big Easy. I’ve made one of my shots of him my cellphone wallpaper…)

By: andreas.

andreas. — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:20:35 +0000

Joe Buissink: “Uh, I use P, P for Professional”

By: David

David — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:17:41 +0000

Christine, re-reading your comment I wonder if you’re referring to long-term storage of images and stories. I use LR for captioning and keep it to the essentials. You know what I’d love is if you could insert an RTF file straight into the DNG file and read/write to it when you like. That would be cool.

By: David

David — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:14:59 +0000

Christine, the best thing I’ve come up with is a Moleskine notebook (I’m a fanboy about only a few things in life, and this is one of them) and small prints stuck to the page to remind me who I’m talking about. I carry a couple of these on my assignment work – http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/08/polaroid-pogo-video-review/ – here’s the link to product: http://www.polaroid.com/pogo/us/ – and there are versions that have a built in camera.

The small prints the Pogo produces are peelable on the back making them perfect to paste into a book with notes. I print two, give one away and keep the other.

Don’t know if this helps. I don’t do much story gathering unless I’m doing it for a client My stories are usually of the encounters themselves, easier to remember. Like your encounter with Grandpa Elliot – that’s gold, baby!

Nice to have you around these here bloggy parts.

By: Christine Glade

Christine Glade — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:24:12 +0000

It just happens that on my (first ever) visit to New Orleans this past week I decided to use AV instead of M – just to five myself a little break from a lot of thinking – it was after all, a “vacation.” I LOVED using that mode. And reading your post about makes me want to use it (and TV) a lot more than I have in the past.

I was also wondering if you have any suggestions for how to keep notes about the images one takes while traveling. I don’t typically shoot people during travels but this trip decided to give it a try. Problem is I tend to talk to a large percentage of the people I photograph. I want to know what brought them there. (I’m the person you hate sitting next to on an airplane if you hope to finish reading that novel) This means I come home with lots of stories about my photo subjects.

Is there a recommended method for keeping the stories (some can be lengthy) attached to the images. Personally I use Lightroom for cataloging and pp.

If you (or anyone) has thoughts on this I would love to hear them.

Thanks so much for having this really worthwhile spot on the web.