Tuesday, February 07, 2006

AIM HIGH SHOOT LOW

Questions, Critiques, there are thousands of them. Often unhelpful,contradictory, sometimes misleading.

Aim high, shoot low

Its from a Bob Hope film I think. Hes useless with a gun and has to have a shootout with the baddie. On his way to meet him everyone gives their 2 cents worth of advice, aim high shoot low, lean left shoot right etc. It reminds me of the queries: which developer should I use? Whats a good lens for fashion? Which is the best film for portraits? Answer!! Try it and see. Are people afraid to test these things? Its what fashion testing used to be all about. Trying things out. Find what works for you. Then use it/them. Test Test Test, Testing has validity moreso if your trying to prove a point to yourself. (Most tests arent really test at all just excuses to photograph)

If not youll get as many ideas as Bob got in his film, so many he couldnt remember any, and yes he won the fight but it was sheer luck.

If you want to know if your equipment and materials and ideas will work, dont ask ,TEST

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

From "The Pale Face"