If this hadn’t been possible I would have gone over to shooting ICM (intentional camera movement) images. So I abandoned my usual preference for f11 (or f16) most of the time and went wider, right down to f2.8 at times in low light, but often working at f8, all with a view to keeping the shutter speed high enough to get sharp images. So how did I approach this? I was using the Canon 5d mk2 and was happy taking the ISO up to 800 (and in very low light I went to 1600 at times – whatever it took to get the shot). So this meant shooting landscapes, often in low light, handheld. Here I was in the most stunning of locations with amazing light. Getting angry about it would have just spoiled the trip, it wouldn’t have actually changed anything. This time I was car sharing and to save space the one thing I hadn’t bought with me was my spare tripod & head. You have to get used to that which is why I have back ups or alternatives with me for virtually everything in my bag, including tripods and heads. I could understand their point of view but I just didn’t see it that way. Several said how angry I must be feeling and how it would ruin my trip. I tweeted about the failure and many of my followers replied with sympathy (and we all like a bit of sympathy). It broke in a major way (and kudos to Manfrotto for replacing it for me straight away once they saw what had happened). On the first day of the trip, just an hour into shooting my tripod head broke. I was leading a workshop up in the snows on Rannoch Moor and Glencoe, in Scotland. Recently, on the day I broke my leg in fact, I had to work to my own maxim. If its raining, rather than giving you he technicolor sunrise you envisioned, shoot the rain. Basically, the premise of my mantra is, if all you have is a 50mm lens, then shoot with it. I have written some time ago about my thoughts on working with what you’ve got.
Posted on Apby dougchinnery - Gear Reviews, Photography comment, Photography Tips, Uncategorizedĭark Light III – Taken handheld from Rannoch Moor.
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