Aaron Eakin
The 6 P's
Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Here's another painful lesson I learned the other day. After shooting the B&W that I uploaded yesterday, I hastily put away my camera for the night. I meant to clean the filters because it had been rainy and even though I dried them, there's usually dried droplets or residue of some sort on them. But I was tired, so I figured I'd do it later.
The next day had dramatic skies and what was shaping up to be a great sunset. As usual, I had hardly any time to make it to the beach, so I grabbed the camera and ran out the door. I got there, set up, and shot some amazing skies. It looked fine on the LCD so I figured the filters were fine. But sadly, after I got home, I had to toss almost every shot. They didn't just have spots. Entire sections of detail were completely lost. This was the only one I managed to salvage somewhat. A total bummer because it was a great night for shooting. From now on, I'm cleaning things right after shooting, because you never know when you'll need the camera ready.
I might share a couple more from this night, but please don't expect clean images. They do actually have a strange appeal to me...almost a dreamy look that is kind of interesting. Certainly not clean, and definitely not intentional. But they might make it up here one of these days.
The 6 P's
Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Here's another painful lesson I learned the other day. After shooting the B&W that I uploaded yesterday, I hastily put away my camera for the night. I meant to clean the filters because it had been rainy and even though I dried them, there's usually dried droplets or residue of some sort on them. But I was tired, so I figured I'd do it later.
The next day had dramatic skies and what was shaping up to be a great sunset. As usual, I had hardly any time to make it to the beach, so I grabbed the camera and ran out the door. I got there, set up, and shot some amazing skies. It looked fine on the LCD so I figured the filters were fine. But sadly, after I got home, I had to toss almost every shot. They didn't just have spots. Entire sections of detail were completely lost. This was the only one I managed to salvage somewhat. A total bummer because it was a great night for shooting. From now on, I'm cleaning things right after shooting, because you never know when you'll need the camera ready.
I might share a couple more from this night, but please don't expect clean images. They do actually have a strange appeal to me...almost a dreamy look that is kind of interesting. Certainly not clean, and definitely not intentional. But they might make it up here one of these days.