I have been an amateur photographer nearly all my life, starting with a
Minolta SR-1 - their first 35mm SLR - back when I was about 12. I've
always felt the parallels between sound recording and photography were
striking - they are almost the same thing. The equipment, philosophy,
venues, subjects and techniques all are very similar. Whether and how we
edit a photograph is the same question with the same considerations as
whether we edit sounds. Microphones are lenses, recorders are cameras,
studios are darkrooms. When I explain aircraft noise or traffic in the
distance to a non-recordist, I relate it to a haze or a color wash over a
scene about to be photographed. A distant chain saw is like a contrail in a
landscape...
I carry my Oly UZ-700 everywhere I go while recording, and I still enjoy
the photographs I take as much as the sounds I record.
I wonder how many of us are photographers? I'll bet a majority.
Doug
Doug Von Gausig
Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
Moderator
Nature Recordists e-mail group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists
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