I came in second among 10 photographers in my San Diego Modeling & Photographer Meetup group in a Make Every Shot Count competition at Studio J (gallery posted here; I’m No. 8 on the menu).
Each of us was given a one-time-use film camera to take 27 pictures of our assortment of male and female models — no settings, no lenses, no flashes (except for the tiny one on the camera itself), no lighting, no editing. The winner — who turned out to be Alison Beacham — would be whichever photographer had the most “good” shots in their set. The models were judged separately on how many of their shots were good; Hollyanne Setola was the winner.
I’ve been shooting some projects with a fixed 50mm lens, so I’d gotten a little used to not being able to zoom, but it’s a challenge to be unable to crop or modify the chip sensitivity or just see how you’re doing. It made me appreciate all the more the guidance I’ve gotten from many of my photography instructors to get the shot right the first time, in the camera, instead of relying on your ability to change exposure levels and otherwise make adjustments in Photoshop.