If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.
The experience of using a Rolleiflex camera is very different than using a SLR.
Looking through the viewfinder for me is like being in a movie theater. That's what I like about it.
I like digital cameras, because they enable you to reminisce immediately.
When I got on my first set, I watched what the cinematographer was doing, and at that level in film school, the cinematographer has the most control. They're the one looking through the viewfinder, carrying the camera, framing the shots.
My theory of composition? Simple: do not release the shutter until everything in the viewfinder feels just right.
It gives you more freedom, the digital camera.
The way I'm used to telling a story is by looking through the viewfinder and being really close to the actors.
The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.
A Leica camera is a camera we can keep both eyes open. You can look for the free eye that doesn't look to viewfinder and in all directions. It's like backwards - and sometimes also backwards, and you can look for the viewfinder and see your picture.
