I was up early this morning to catch the light while it was still coming from the east to experiment with the neutral density filters I bought the other day. A neutral density filter is like sunglasses for your camera. They cut down the amount of light getting through without affecting colour, allowing - as you see here - longer exposures in bright light. These shots, and some others I will put in a separate post later, are basically tests for some "wilderness" shots (which I'll probably do at Lynn Creek or somewhere else in North Van) I need to shoot for a client next week.
Behind the cut you'll find a more-or-less 1:1 comparison with and without the filters:
O.K., my back is officially messed up. I bailed on work and I am now lying on my venerable, old, black couch with one leg propped up on the back. Hooray for the Blackberry, since the whole reason for coming home is that I am incapable of sitting in front of a computer right now. Walking helps, too. So maybe after a couple hours of convolescence I'll grab my camera and head out to see what I can see.
I probably could have suffered through the day at work, but soon I won't have the luxury of sick-days and I really don't want a messed up back messing up this weekend.
In hindsight I should have gone out to Shift and taken some pictures or something other than the pathetic attempt at sleep last night amounted to. At least then I would have something to show for this exhaustion and probably wouldn't have the sore back I am contending with today.
A new bit of gear I won on eBay arrived today, just in time for the Red Chair shoot:
In hindsight I should have gone out to Shift and taken some pictures or something other than the pathetic attempt at sleep last night amounted to. At least then I would have something to show for this exhaustion and probably wouldn't have the sore back I am contending with today.