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[OM] Re: f8 and be there rule

Subject: [OM] Re: f8 and be there rule
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:25:50 -0800
on 2/2/04 3:49 AM, James Royall at james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> I get the f8 bit, but what's the be there rule?
> James
> 
> 
> On 31 Jan 2004, at 2:33 am, Wayne Culberson wrote:
> 
>> , it looks like it
>> will be quite satisfactory to me, especially at the "f8 and be there"
>> rule.

This was an old apocrophal saying of the 'classic photojournalist'...
loosely paraphrased:

"Never mind what equipment is best... f8 and -be there-!'

The intention is that you have to be present and aware and get the image,
then you can worry about the 'best lens/body/brand/film/etc' that you should
use... Still probably good advice. When I was playing photojournalist I used
to just walk in, take one or two insurance shots quick, then ask if it was
alright to take pictures. Somewhere I have a couple of pictures I got in the
casino in Reno that way... The security guys came up and said "No Pictures!"
and I said OK as I wound on my film...
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...




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