TNMC

So, yeah I'm slacking off here.  After the film festival, I pretty much crash for a few days.  Sort of.  I actually have to work more than normal to make up for the time taken for the film festival.  Combine that with being exhausted by the festival and I get pretty lazy about other things.  Like posting up photos.  So quickly, because this still leaves me a day behind, here are a couple I missed.

Both of these were taken using the new 50mm lens.  The thing I'm still getting used to is that this lens does not zoom.  Which means that if what I'm taking a picture of isn't framed properly, I have to actually move my lazy ass to a position where it is framed properly.  That's a pretty big change in procedure.  For instance, this fuzzy plant here.  It was growing in a stream bed.  From the top of the bank, I wasn't close enough to get this shot.  So I actually had to climb down the bank and balance on a rock in the stream to get the shot.  With a zoom lens, that's not necessary.

I'm sure that makes you wonder why I would want to do such a thing.  That's a very good question.  It is certainly much less convenient.  But it does force me to think very carefully about the shot.  Instead of quickly and easily firing off a shot and calling it good enough, I have to think about it and move around to get the shot.  It is less convenient but it is makes the shots more considered, which shows up in the results.

These pumpkins are another example.  I had to back up a lot to get the shot.  And since I had to move, I tried more angles, eventually settling on one that had the best background and the most pleasing angle for the shot.  If you compare this shot to the first one I took, it's obvious that being forced to move resulted in a better photograph.

Being forced to deal with restrictions can be a way to encourage creativity.