Warp Speed … in a Rental.
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Jan, 2012Views
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February 15, 2012
I love this photo! It gives off the feeling your actually driving in the car :D
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December 07, 2012
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Behind The Lens
Location
Central New Jersey, near all the horse farms.Time
Late in the day. I don't exactly know. I do know, however, that I was late for a flight out of Philly and no, that's not the car jumping into hyperdrive!Lighting
Yes. Photography is the art of capturing the right light. The wife and I were in Nantucket recently and it was overcast for most of our trip. All of my photos sucked and I couldn't figure it out. Then, BAM!, out comes the light on our last day, a few hours before we had to catch the ferry. ALL of the photos from that trip I kept were from those few hours. Great light makes the colors pop, textures come to life, and allows you to see things that you wouldn't normally notice.Equipment
Get a bean bag!!!! It's my most valuable piece of equipment. It allows me to have the stability of a tripod without the hassle or price. I clip mine w/ a D-ring onto my bag. I made the one I have out of the corner of an old pillow case, I think it is filled with popcorn. I might have actually used one in this photo, pushing the camera into bean bag, squished into the sunvisor. That's the beauty of a bean bag: you can use them to stabilize off anything! I have a picture on my page of the roof of a taxi cab and traffic in Times Square. The bean bag made that shot possible. Again, I squished my camera into the bag on the roof as I held my camera (and half my body) out the rear window. I have 3 Nikon D80s, each with it's own dedicated lens. I got the D80 b/c it seemed right at the time and I kept buying so I would have a standardized set-up. I didn't want to have to remember nuances between the cameras in the moment. I started shooting multiple cameras back when I used to load my own film and would have one for color (slides) and one for Black and White. Some times things happen so fast and at different distances that you will miss them if you don't have a camera dedicated for each range. Not only that, constantly changing lens allows dirt to get in your camera. You will eventually notice a spot on every picture, in the same exact part of the photo. That is dirt on your sensor. You have to get a service center to clean it for you and it's not cheap ... I know ... times three. D80 w/ 10.5mm f2.8 D80 w/ 17-55mm f2.8 D80 w/ 70-200mm f2.8 Nikon SB800 Flash Nikon SB600 Flash I used a hot-shoe extension cable when I'm running with only one flash so I can bring the light in from somewhere else. It makes the subjects 3-dimensional when you illuminate them from the side and that technique alone will make your pictures stand out ... literally and figuratively.Inspiration
I actually wanted to be lazy and not take this one. I was on my way to the airport and I didn't want to pull over, get all the gear out, get it set up, do some practice shots for framing, and then go shoot it. I did (obviously) and am glad. The fences and lush greenery around Central New Jersey are really amazing and I'm glad I had a chance to capture it.Editing
Yes. I use iphoto b/c needed to bring down the highlights and bring up the shadows. The differences between the light inside and outside the car couldn't have been greater. Those adjustments allowed the detail in the dash, my hand, watch, and steering wheel come to life.In my camera bag
If it's not in my bag, I don't use it. My style is a "Capture Your Life As You Live It" style so, my equipment must be able to go where I go. Believe it or not, I had a strong argument AGAINST f2.8 lenses b/c they are so heavy. I lug this gear everywhere! Sometimes, it's up to 35lbs with laptop included (also goes with me everywhere). I carry CDs in my backpack so I can burn photos of people to a disk and give it to them right then and there. The hassle of, "hey, just email them to me" got to be too much. Our photos are too big for that and I have a hard time only sending one or two shots to people. One may have great light, the other has them looking toward the camera, and in the other, something else "important" is happening. So, I burn them all of the ones I don't auto-delete. This has forced/enabled me to learn to edit very quickly. This was a great skill to learn!!Feedback
Don't be afraid to hurt your equipment; it's WAY tougher than you think it is. I've had my cameras completely covered in snow (snowmobiling), frosted over (dog sledding), wet with condensation (caving), and have dropped my cameras I don't know how many times. Remember: you bought your camera to get pictures of amazing stuff. That amazing stuff is not located in the comfort of your home, or car, or hotel room. Get a drybag, get the camera insured, and go do it. I've had my gear in a dry bag, floating on the water, as I pull it behind me while swimming to an area that I couldn't get to otherwise. Did I think twice about it? Absolutely. But I did it and it and those pictures are cherished. Not only that, none of the people you know would dare to do it so you're GUARANTEED to have the best shots of anyone on the trip!! If you see an opportunity, do it. Take the effort to get out your stuff and take as many shots, and as much time as you need. I am constantly fighting that battle and always (thankfully) give in to taking the shot. The funny thing is that THOSE SHOTS, like this one, turn out the best. It's like there has to be that "I don't really feel like getting all my gear out" struggle in order to get a keeper. Get the shot. Worry about editing it later. You may miss that 1/125th of a second required to catch the perfect shot while you are heads-down, looking at the previous one you took. And another thing. Shoot what you like to shoot. If you don't like shooting this or that (weddings, for example) then don't do it! It's YOUR art, the way YOU like it, for YOU. When no one else thinks it looks cool, you still will because YOU took it and YOU loved it then as much, if not more, than you love it now. Photography is also a good way to give back. It's one of the few hobbies that gives to others, regardless of what I mentioned above. Sure, I could have an awesome dirt bike for what all this gear costs but 1, only I could enjoy the dirt bike and 2, a good ride will come and go but I will have these pictures for the rest of my life and they will be passed on for generations. My most cherished photos are those of my grandparents and parents and they weren't photographers ... at all. How much more will your kids and grandkids cherish your work?
