Not for me today atleast. I wanted a challenge, I wanted something tough to force me into thinking. I also wanted to push Dave a bit into his uncomfortable zone! Today's exercise was like trying to tie your shoes with no fingers, in the dark, with cockroaches and alligators crawling around!
Here were the rules:
1. Each memory card is 36 shots.
2. You may not CHIMP (look at your screen). I actually put a card over our displays, cut so that only the shot count would show.
3. Manual focus only.
4. Manual shutter speed, and aperture.
5. Pick one ISO before we start and stick with it!
No machine gun shooting! No rapid fire blasting away! No deleting! No cheating by looking at the display! It was going to suck! This is how we used to do it during the film days. You had to work for your shot...no slop allowed!
Let's look at the bright side. There were only going to be a handful of shots to post process, not the thousands we were used to.
I shot a roll and a half. Which means about 45 shots. I got 5 worth mentioning. The rest...pretty much blew chunks! This stuff is hard, it makes you think, and study your environment. You have a limited set of shots with which to capture your story....
I'm babbling, here's some shots!
The old blacksmith, pounding out some iron.
Leading lines at the blacksmith shop.
1st generation electric lamp and desk.
19th century breakfast nook.
Funny cat kept chasing us!But it was still fun to be out taking snaps, giggling and being a camera whimp....no longer :)
PLay!
MArk!
