Your taking too long!!!!!!

[Steve Smith]

Your takling too long.....

Oh dear. My pedantic side has to make an appearance.

You're, not your!

And yes, it's normal.



Steve.

[jeffreyg]

My wife always brings something to read and I'm patient when I'm with her when she is shopping. If convenient I do my photography alone.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

[jp498]

I stood out in the blizzard today with my speed graphic doing some handheld photos in the downtown. I focus with the ground glass, close the metal hood, put the film in, review settings, cock the shutter, pull the darkslide. Then I stood motionless for about 3-4 minutes looking through the viewfinder waiting for a person to walk into a particular part of the composition. The snow and wind was so nasty, almost nobody was out and about walking. Normally, someone would walk where I wanted every few seconds and cars and trucks would be where I didn't want them. Finally after a lonnnnnggg wait, I saw what I needed happening and took the photo.

[Christopher Walrath]

Man, I have pretty much sworn off snow photography after last year. And yesterday has only served to bolster my resolve.

No, I pretty much venture out solo because anyone who would go with would grow very tiresome at the 20+ minutes I generally take to make an exposure. And there are usually more than one.

[Bruce Watson]

Is this normal am I taking a long time, am I rubbish at what I am doing for it, or does it not really matter and take as long as I like?

Come photograph with me sometime. When I'm using the 5x4, about the best I can do is 20 minutes from start of setup to end of tear down. Much more normal is 30-45 minutes (if it's a tricky shot or conditions are challenging like yesterday's cold and 8 inches of fresh snow). On top of that I've been known to wait for hours to get the right combination of light, wind, etc. to allow me to capture what I want.

I spent most of yesterday out photographing as the big East Coast storm was winding down. Exposed a whopping five sheets of film in five or six hours of faffing about in the snow. If you'd been with me no doubt it would have been you saying that I take (much) too long!

[Christopher Walrath]

Snow photography is for the young and the touched-in-the-head. I ain't twenty anymore. And, contrary to popular belief, I ain't that touched in the head.

[M.A.Longmore]

Oh dear. My pedantic side has to make an appearance.

You're, not your!

And yes, it's normal.



Steve.

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Steve, what took you so long ?


Ron
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[Hikari]

Next time just show your friend the expiration date on the box and film and say you have plenty of time. Of course, if you use expired film...

[IloveTLRs]

There is a solution which will be to both your satisfactions. Don't take that person with you! ...

I completely agree with this. Fortunately or unfortunately, I do my best work alone. I'm able to stop, go here/there, and take as many photos as I want of what I want.

[eddym]

This is something I keep being told, only by the same person and who is not really a photographer.l

There is only one correct reply: Piss off!