Camera hold breathing principle: every single shot counted
EvilOne wrote:
One of the most important parts of shooting film is to have camera hold discipline. When I was in college getting my engineering degrees, I took photography as an elective. That was almost 50 years ago.. The one relevant thing I took away from that degree and is still applicable today is camera hold discipline.
Most digital shooters do not have hold discipline because its a muscle memory skill. Todays cameras or lenses seem to all have stabilized bodies or lenses. So no need to train hold discipline ( today, people point their camera like a shot gun )( be it a single shot or a burst ). There is no breathing discipline. ( necessary with film ) Trying to compose a shot, and hold it is not as critical as it was back in the 60's and 70's. Not only that , muscle hold memory and breathing discipline was an every shot focus. Since you only had a limited amount of shots ( 24/ 36) this helped us to train our body and mind to lock the camera to our body with arms and shoulders tucked tight to the body. Back then every shot counted. Every single shot counted. Compose, lock, hold breath, let a little out , squeeze the trigger.
... Just a thought , and something I've carried with me for 50 years. Camera Hold discipline. I take it with me everyday even with my stabilized cameras..
I think with the skyrocketing prices of film stock, especially slide film, today the principle of "every single shot counts" is even more relevant. Thank you for reminding us, so far I haven't paid any attention to the camera hold breathing principle.