Too hot to handle

Too hot to handle

I spent three hours in a studio yesterday, and – like all studios – it was on the top floor, and thus, yesterday, incredibly hot. Afterwards, I was pretty much wrung out – I have never had much tolerance of hot weather. So I’m taking it easy today, because if I don’t, I know I’ll be wrecked when I need to do something. This extends to blogging…

In an attempt to post something different to my portfolio, I’ve used a 15-year-old shot today: and I notice that I used Program mode. I promise that it’s something I haven’t done often, and don’t do at all these days unless I’m experimenting. I know it confuses things too much, and I lose control completely!

Of course, it wasn’t an option until 40-odd years ago: full manual was the norm, and photographers who progressed beyond snapping had to get some grasp of the technical side, or at least learn to follow a procedure carefully (a workflow, they say these days).

So really, this is about knowing your limitations, and taking care most of the time, to work within them. Work carefully, plan at least a little bit. Don’t leap into something expensive and tricky without any research. And if hot weather gets to you, that includes taking sunscreen and a broad-brimmed hat.

It’s all by way of excuse to post a picture my sister found at the weekend – I’m sure it’s not one of mine, and I don’t know who took it, but I love it, because it’s of my parents, both looking very happy. As both of them were rather serious-minded, that’s a lovely thing to see. I hope that your photographic endeavours this week will involve loveliness…