“The Rock” (In Explore November 9, 2019)
“The Rock”
People often wonder how much are photography workshops relevant to one’s growth. And sometimes, it is “Oh, what is the big deal about the image that you take when your instructor/workshop leader takes to a certain place and shoot.”
It makes a big difference. Especially when you get to go to places very few people go and to photograph somewhere that challenges everything you know about photography. At a very minimum you understand your limitations as well as your gear’s. Those few minutes teach you like no podcast or tutorial on YouTube would. Like I learned on this occasion back in 2017.
On a different post (www.facebook.com/TheLadyBugFarm/photos/a.1611942252420251...) on the same location soon after I had returned from the trip, I wrote:
….On what was perhaps the most photographically eventful day of my trip to the Pacific Northwest, at Second Beach, Marc Adamus beckoned me, pointed to this massive rock next to the Sea Stack and said, “Rajesh, come with me, you have the right kind of lens for this place”. Without hesitation I followed him knowing fully well that there were several people who lost their cameras to the Ocean at this very spot…..
Once at this spot the lone seastack on the left with trees on it loomed large. I could not fit the entire scene even with a 12mm lens. That is as ultrawide as I could go. The gear’s limitations were exposed. So I had to adapt by shooting for a processing technique that would help me overcome that limitation.
Few months ago, Marc posted a picture on Instagram he had shot at the same location in 2014 and I was reminded of the fact that I had put off processing this image from back then and it was about time.
I will tell you this, I took a soaking like a car in a carwash. And my gear, well, suffice to say the Sony a7RII’s weather sealing or lack there of was not really a factor. I shot with it for a good 4 years with no issues.
“The Rock” (In Explore November 9, 2019)
“The Rock”
People often wonder how much are photography workshops relevant to one’s growth. And sometimes, it is “Oh, what is the big deal about the image that you take when your instructor/workshop leader takes to a certain place and shoot.”
It makes a big difference. Especially when you get to go to places very few people go and to photograph somewhere that challenges everything you know about photography. At a very minimum you understand your limitations as well as your gear’s. Those few minutes teach you like no podcast or tutorial on YouTube would. Like I learned on this occasion back in 2017.
On a different post (www.facebook.com/TheLadyBugFarm/photos/a.1611942252420251...) on the same location soon after I had returned from the trip, I wrote:
….On what was perhaps the most photographically eventful day of my trip to the Pacific Northwest, at Second Beach, Marc Adamus beckoned me, pointed to this massive rock next to the Sea Stack and said, “Rajesh, come with me, you have the right kind of lens for this place”. Without hesitation I followed him knowing fully well that there were several people who lost their cameras to the Ocean at this very spot…..
Once at this spot the lone seastack on the left with trees on it loomed large. I could not fit the entire scene even with a 12mm lens. That is as ultrawide as I could go. The gear’s limitations were exposed. So I had to adapt by shooting for a processing technique that would help me overcome that limitation.
Few months ago, Marc posted a picture on Instagram he had shot at the same location in 2014 and I was reminded of the fact that I had put off processing this image from back then and it was about time.
I will tell you this, I took a soaking like a car in a carwash. And my gear, well, suffice to say the Sony a7RII’s weather sealing or lack there of was not really a factor. I shot with it for a good 4 years with no issues.