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I ended up being productive despite some heavy barriers. I was sick in a comic variety of ways but ended up shooting around New Market for 3 hours and shot 230 photos. There was more than the usual number good shots although it didn’t feel like that at the time.
- The light environment around New Market ran counter to the painterly, isolated light affects that I was looking for. But really it’s a matter of patient and enough walking and looking. As I have to go in two and a half weeks I’m getting a little panicked that I don’t have the time required to complete enough pictures for a new dark set. But if I’m sick, I’m sick. It’s funny how this kind of photography can’t be hurried. The amount of luck required is just too high for that. I have to look after my body so that it doesn’t break down even worse down the road.
- Technically things are all right. I don’t have the ability to catch live action as I’d like to (a D700 with a 35mm f2 would be nice for that) but set situations are well covered. Ambient light situations are next to impossible to capture at a level of detail where they can be selected, but where there is a distinct light source, enough detail can be gathered. To do better work in this direction a FF camera with a faster lens is required. I could try using my 50mm (and I should at least once) to try to recreate a more light loaded environment to see what the possibilities can be.
- Some good set situations like the Work Gangs where I stuck around for three or four minutes getting various angles. I’m getting better at slowing down like that and exhausting the situation before moving on.
- For some reason I have difficult trying to edit down to 3 photos to put of on the blog. This is one of those good problems as I want to select more. Since there is less detail to organise, less moving parts, these night photos are easier to ‘make acceptable’. It remains to be seen however if they are as meaningful.
- For some reason I like taking pictures of cakes.
Why tomorrow will be better
- Need to look after myself and get better before I go out again. I will take one day off to write and edit to give my body time to recover.
- Use the 50mm lens to see if it expands the scope. In comparison to the 35mm I have now the detail is sorely lacking, but the light gathering is of course much better. Will have a positive impact on focusing times as well, although that isn’t really a problem at the moment.
- Need to spend more time out there. Need to leave at 6 from here so that I can get to where I want to shoot by 7:30 giving myself a full 3 hours before I have to return.
Posted 2 years ago
