Photos from the Chicago Air And Sea Show last August. It was an absolutely beautiful day but there was a lot of haze in the air making capturing clear images very difficult! I’ll add futher comments later but I’m tired and need to get to bed now!
Gulp! This photo isn’t quite the smile you’d expect!
I remember the view in this photo well. I’ll be back there someday!
Nature Photographers Online Magazine has been updated with the February issue. I’ll get stuck into it later tonight. Looks like some good reading!
Is digital ready for the wilds? Fascinating article about bringing a digital camera into the wilderness for 3 weeks. I don’t think I’ll be following in his footsteps any time soon however!
The ESB transformer substations, Marina, Cork.
Power generation has had a long history in Cork!
Street Lights on the Straight Rd.
Amazing action shot from a rugby match in Ulster. Whatever about the guy leaping through the air, I love the expression on the opposing team player on the ground!
Sometimes there’s a story behind photographs, and Michael relates an experience he had one morning finding that story.
I hesitated before linking to this as I think that “finding the story” could also be the curse of photography. Michael spent so much time looking for great shots that he may have missed enjoying a beautiful morning.
We as photographers spend so much time analysing situations, scenes and lighting that we miss the point of being in a particular place, whether it be on holiday or submerged in the mundane activity of life.
Needless to say, this curse also afflicts my life.
Photosig has a couple of images that I liked this morning:
There are several good tips in this article on stage photography. It’ll certainly come in useful in the future! The one tip I hadn’t thought of was using centre weighted or spot metering to calculate the exposure settings.
To that I might add using AE lock if the lighting is any way static. Of course, that situation rarely occurs but I’ll give it a go the next time I’m shooting TKOH!
