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A string of bleeding hearts

Oct, 2021

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It was there, I was there and the rest is photography

Really excited about having her picture taken.

How did He know I'd be visiting the Veterans Memorial at just that moment?

My background is in photojournalism, and this is an experimental shot I took while deciding whether I should shift to color. This image is about 30 ye

Behind The Lens

Location

I took this shot at my graindmother's house in Western Iowa. My wife, new daughter and I were visiting in late summer, and I had just acquired a new Nikon. I woke up early and decided to play with my new toy. I let the camera choose exposure and aperture,

Time

Early morning and late evening are the best as far as I am concerned. However, as a photojournalist, I've had to figure out a variety of scenes.

Lighting

It was early morning on an overcast day, as I recall. I liked the soft, shadow free light.

Equipment

I had a Nikon 9000 wth a 35-300 zoom Nikor lens loaded with Ektachrome ISO 100.

Inspiration

Most of my experience was with Tri-X PAN 400. this was one of the first rolls of trqansparency film I exposed. This pic was taken 30+ years ago while I was still souping and printing my own B&W shots in a darkroom. I wanted to see if I could make color work.

Editing

I din't know enough about color to be dangerous. This print is a 35mm slide scanned at 600 dpi on an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner. I added a touch of unsharp masking and just the slightes touch of warmth. I generally scan to TIFF (bad habit from my print days) then adjust size, etc. when I convert to JPEG.

In my camera bag

It is to weep. I had a full outfit-- Nikon body, Nikon flash, 35-300, 50mm Nikor lenses, fill flash unit, spot and indirect photometer, filters, bounce flash attachments and tripod. I lost my gear to finances after a disabling injury in 2006. Nowadays, I've gotten back into things with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra as I drool over the Nikon FX bodies.

Feedback

I had an old photo grabber tell me that the only way to learn to take picture is by taking pictures. Have a camera loaded with film wherever you go and take pictures of what you see until whatever you see makes a great picture

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