I can’t recall the last time I actively went in search for wild life. I happened across this cattle egret in the late evening sun in Fairmount Park. See the other two pictures taken within 30 feet of this spot.
I don’t think I’ll ever stop making pictures.
When my cameras were burned to a crisp inside a bus where I narrowly escaped with my life in Los Angeles, I was sick to my stomach for weeks.
The camera bodies that were incinerated were motorized Minolta XD7s with a complement of lenses and flash units.
Making a base exposure is important so you can decide on how long to keep your shutter open. I stopped down so that I could get at least a 10 second shutter speed at ISO 100. On my Canon 5 D Mark2, I can actually lower that to ISO 50 if I need to.
Canon 5DM2 with the Vello Freewave Plus on the hotshoe. The receiver is plugged into the camera’s N-3 port.
Remember those cheap radio remotes I bought for triggering my cameras?
In that post, I highlighted how they could be used for self-portraits a.k.a selfies.
There’s actually a better use.
So I took a drive with my tripod, the Canon 5DMarkII and my 17-35mm lens.
Lindsey models for my students during one of my Small Flash Lighting workshop.
A funny thing happened overnight when photography evolved from film to digital.
Besides the obvious photography businesses popping up everywhere you look, now, those who used to do it professionally find they have a new revenue stream: teaching other photographers.
