We had a cold front blow through last weekend (we're having one blow through right now!!!) and the next day the sky was filled with puffy clouds interspersed with blue sky. I headed out for a walk and I took a most basic set of gear with me. One Pentax K1 and one 50mm f1.4. I put the lens at f5.6 and the camera on turbo and set out. Everywhere I turned the sky was doing something new and different.
I love shooting cloudy dappled skies because they make for great personal stock when I need to PhotoShop in a new sky in a photograph that had to be taken when the weather was less than cooperative. I have a folder now with about 600 or 700 cloudscapes. When we have to photograph against bald skies I've got my remedy close at hand.
The weather is restless here this week. We started off pretty but now we've spent a day weaving in and out of rain. The wind has been less than discreet as well. Nothing like what the center of the country is experiencing but a bit disquieting for Texans. Tonight we're dipping down toward freezing but the forecast for tomorrow is sunny skies. Another day to shoot for the cloud folder. I can shoot outside until 3 p.m. but after that I'm booked to shoot a handful of different projects at the theater. I'd like to use the Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art lens for most of the projects but I'm still on the fence. It just seems like another extravagance.....
So. Now we've had our two days of Fall. Get ready for our two weeks of Winter....
3 comments:
Go for the Sigma! Not outrageously-priced, and you can afford it. Just figure you have given up JUULs for a few months :)
Rick
It seems that you are a very lucky guy! In just a few weeks, when Luminar 4 is released, you'll be able to free up the disk space now allotted to the 600-700 photos in your Sky folder.
I trust you to do the right thing but I shudder to think about the 1,000,000 crappy snapshots we'll see all over the internet with inappropriate skies.
Those clouds look a bit fuzzy. Oh, wait ... They're clouds!
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