Jerky Road Trip!
Have you ever been on a road trip with people who had no interest in photography or beef jerky. That is the situation I found myself in on the way to North Carolina for Thanksgiving.
I debated whether to even post this photo because it is so terrible, but since it isn’t my fault I decided to do it anyway.
All of you will recognize the various mistakes here:
1. Taking the photo through the van window.
2. Having a dirty van window.
3. Flares and bright glints off the chrome.
4. Photo too dark and not exposed correctly.
5. Poor composition.
The first reason it is not my fault is because even though it was a cold, windy day, I kept opening the side van window to get a shot of houses, ruins, signs, etc. if we were going over 50 MPH the high wind would blow the van a bit to the side. Also, I guess the cold blast of air was unpleasant because people kept yelling at me to close the window. I tried a few more times, but then had to compensate by taking photos through the glass because the passengers were getting downright rude.
When you take photos through a window from a moving vehicle, you have to have a knowledge of algebra and geometry to rapidly calculate where to aim the camera at 50 MPH to get your subject in the shot. Yeah, I don’t have that knowledge.
The second reason it is not my fault is because the other people would not stop for me to take a photo, even though I asked (well shrieked) “Stop the car!” Just pull into that parking lot! Come on, I want to get a picture of that sign.”
The response. “Are you kidding? No. We are already past it.”
“Then can we go to the Beef Jerky store?”
Again the answer was, “No-one even likes beef jerky.”
I told them that I did and it was only 4 miles out of our way.
Alas, no jerky for me ... well I had my family :)))
Jerky Road Trip!
Have you ever been on a road trip with people who had no interest in photography or beef jerky. That is the situation I found myself in on the way to North Carolina for Thanksgiving.
I debated whether to even post this photo because it is so terrible, but since it isn’t my fault I decided to do it anyway.
All of you will recognize the various mistakes here:
1. Taking the photo through the van window.
2. Having a dirty van window.
3. Flares and bright glints off the chrome.
4. Photo too dark and not exposed correctly.
5. Poor composition.
The first reason it is not my fault is because even though it was a cold, windy day, I kept opening the side van window to get a shot of houses, ruins, signs, etc. if we were going over 50 MPH the high wind would blow the van a bit to the side. Also, I guess the cold blast of air was unpleasant because people kept yelling at me to close the window. I tried a few more times, but then had to compensate by taking photos through the glass because the passengers were getting downright rude.
When you take photos through a window from a moving vehicle, you have to have a knowledge of algebra and geometry to rapidly calculate where to aim the camera at 50 MPH to get your subject in the shot. Yeah, I don’t have that knowledge.
The second reason it is not my fault is because the other people would not stop for me to take a photo, even though I asked (well shrieked) “Stop the car!” Just pull into that parking lot! Come on, I want to get a picture of that sign.”
The response. “Are you kidding? No. We are already past it.”
“Then can we go to the Beef Jerky store?”
Again the answer was, “No-one even likes beef jerky.”
I told them that I did and it was only 4 miles out of our way.
Alas, no jerky for me ... well I had my family :)))