I’m blogging rather late today – which I had planned.
But I’d expected to be writing after lunchtime, and to be reporting back on taking pictures of Amethyst in the woods. British weather, though, halted proceedings.
So I was up early, breakfasted, and then the message came through: the weather in the area my model lives in, near the woods, was getting worse, and it was chilly out. That's bad news if the plan is to shoot art nudes.
At other times, we could have rung round studios to find a place to work: social distancing means that’s not possible.
It’s ironic, given the delightful weather we’ve had during most of the lockdown, but that’s life.
What I should have done was go for a walk, and then write: instead, I had another hour’s sleep, wasted an hour trying to make a wireless security camera work, and then decided to write about frustration.
So today’s advice – unless you’re very, very laid back indeed – is to have a Plan B with any photographic intentions. Take a spare battery, spare cards, even a spare camera body. Work out what you’ll do if the weather turns, or your model is ill.
And enjoy some of the pictures I took the first time that I took my cameras into the woods with Amethyst – which turns out to be little short of two years ago…
Search for all the latest photography gear and services.
©2023 ePHOTOzine | Top
Calibrate so you can see 16 different shades:
