365 Project...with a twist.
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Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
Don't give up. Interesting pictures are all around us. They don't have to be wall hangers or grand landscapes. Use every moment of your waking hours to seek out interesting visuals. Case in point.
DrMoab
Explorer
I love Chase Jarvis's work.
Trust me Trevor, I am in no way giving up. When I leave for work in the morning (or for the week as is the case for me sometimes) I always have my camera bag now. Even though I may not grab a shot everyday, my eyes are constantly on the lookout for something new and interesting to shoot. The problem still lands in the fact that I am stuck in a moving truck 14 hours a day and that just doesn't work well trying to grab some photos.
Here is what I have been doing though.... This last week I have found three shots that I want to get very badly. One involves a child's slide in a park that is covered in snow. There are no foot prints and at night the sodium vapor light has created a really cool shadow in the snow. The problem...it is in Blackfoot Idaho, in a spot totally inaccessible in my truck. This Friday I plan to run up there in my car to grab this shot. It's a 350 mile round trip but it intriges me enough to go for it. This has never happened to me before. I think in the end, because of my commitment to the drive and being able to sit back before I take the shot and think about composure, lighting and everything else that goes into this art will allow me to hopefully get something that is more meaningful to me...even if the shot turns out like crap.
There are two other scenes I plan on grabbing. One...a railroad tunnel that has, I'm guessing about a 15 minute window when the sun is very low in the sky illuminates the walls and rails all the way through the tunnel. It's very hard to explain but I think it will make a compelling photo none the less. Lucky this one is only a 20 min drive from my house. If I had to guess, I would bet this is something that only happens for a few days this time of year. The sun would have to be in exactly the right spot to create the effect.
The second one is an old 40's car shell that is in a field in the middle of nowhere, Wyoming. I came by in late afternoon and it had some very compelling snow drifts all around.
These are things I have drove by and looked at so many times I couldn't count yet until I had the idea of doing this project I never even gave them a second glance. Now I'm seeing ideas everywhere. While I may not get a shot everyday, I know the ones I do get will mean a lot more to me than a simple snapshot.
Trust me Trevor, I am in no way giving up. When I leave for work in the morning (or for the week as is the case for me sometimes) I always have my camera bag now. Even though I may not grab a shot everyday, my eyes are constantly on the lookout for something new and interesting to shoot. The problem still lands in the fact that I am stuck in a moving truck 14 hours a day and that just doesn't work well trying to grab some photos.
Here is what I have been doing though.... This last week I have found three shots that I want to get very badly. One involves a child's slide in a park that is covered in snow. There are no foot prints and at night the sodium vapor light has created a really cool shadow in the snow. The problem...it is in Blackfoot Idaho, in a spot totally inaccessible in my truck. This Friday I plan to run up there in my car to grab this shot. It's a 350 mile round trip but it intriges me enough to go for it. This has never happened to me before. I think in the end, because of my commitment to the drive and being able to sit back before I take the shot and think about composure, lighting and everything else that goes into this art will allow me to hopefully get something that is more meaningful to me...even if the shot turns out like crap.
There are two other scenes I plan on grabbing. One...a railroad tunnel that has, I'm guessing about a 15 minute window when the sun is very low in the sky illuminates the walls and rails all the way through the tunnel. It's very hard to explain but I think it will make a compelling photo none the less. Lucky this one is only a 20 min drive from my house. If I had to guess, I would bet this is something that only happens for a few days this time of year. The sun would have to be in exactly the right spot to create the effect.
The second one is an old 40's car shell that is in a field in the middle of nowhere, Wyoming. I came by in late afternoon and it had some very compelling snow drifts all around.
These are things I have drove by and looked at so many times I couldn't count yet until I had the idea of doing this project I never even gave them a second glance. Now I'm seeing ideas everywhere. While I may not get a shot everyday, I know the ones I do get will mean a lot more to me than a simple snapshot.
Michael Slade
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Print that out and hang it in your truck somewhere. :victory:
DrMoab
Explorer
So, I drove up to Taggert to see if I could get the shot I wanted.
Funny how the perspective from a semi up on the freeway can look so different from the ground. The light was right where I wanted it but I was hoping to get more rail in the shot. From the interstate the rails looked really cool.
It also makes me realize how badly I need to upgrade longer lenses. My old 18-200 DX lens really suffers compared to the prime lenses I've been using lately. I just needed something longer than 50MM. I couldn't get up too close to the tracks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/docmoab/5331674567/
Funny how the perspective from a semi up on the freeway can look so different from the ground. The light was right where I wanted it but I was hoping to get more rail in the shot. From the interstate the rails looked really cool.
It also makes me realize how badly I need to upgrade longer lenses. My old 18-200 DX lens really suffers compared to the prime lenses I've been using lately. I just needed something longer than 50MM. I couldn't get up too close to the tracks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/docmoab/5331674567/