Well, here it is Christmas day, and I'm working on holiday cards. I'm not normally a procrastinator, but I always seem to be doing these at the last minute. This season, though, I'm getting it done much faster and more economically, and they look better too.
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Most of the time we keep an eye on the shutter speed to make sure we don't get blurry photos. Occasionally, though, we're watching the shutter speed to make SURE we get blurry photos.
I'm just back from leading a photo trek to Maui for American Photo (www.mentorseries.com). I do about four trips a year like this, and we had just over thirty people joining us. The second day we spent driving and shooting along the road to Hana, and after dinner that night most of us headed to the beach for a little light painting.
Last year while shooting winter photos in Yosemite National Park, Nick Didlick (a friend and Blue Pixel Associate) came up with a unique (and low-cost) way of shooting time exposures. I was reminded of that recently when I needed to do the same thing, and didn't have a cable release.
When it comes to photography, people always want to talk cameras and lenses. Yes, they're important (and I like to talk about them too), but one tool that doesn't get enough chat time is tripods.
