An interview with Eric LS
Very pleased the others thought my image of the bridge deserved so many votes. Love this site. Lots of fun.
My answers to you questions are as follows:
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
About 6 years but really put more into it in the last 3 years. I started with a simple Cannon Point and Shoot camera with my wife and children on family vacations and worked my way up from there.
2) Have you had any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
No formal training in photography but I am an Architect and have always loved art. Taught myself photography mostly through trial and error as well as reading and going to a couple of very good photo workshops with well know photographer Art Wolfe.
3) What inspired you to take your winning shot?
Was a very cold mid to upper 20s Sunday morning and there was freezing fog. I have been waiting for an early morning shot in the fog on the old Bellevue Washington Wilburton Trestle, originally built in 1904 with several renovations sense then. It is a beautiful landmark reminder of the early construction and detailing from the early 1900s still in existence among the much younger Bellevue developments. Standing on the north edge, I shot into the sun with a high ISO setting of F22 in hopes of capturing the sun rays behind the slowing lifting fog. The ice on the rails and wood supporting structure show the remnants of that cold morning fog fading away just like this old bridge. No longer used.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup?
Camera: Cannon 7D with tripod.
Lens: Wide Angle Tamron 10-24 mm Image taken at 10mm
ISO 100
Exposure 1/80 sec at F22
5) Would you change anything if you could do it again?
I would have liked to have arrived at the photo location just 30 min. prior I might have got more fog.
6) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
I am an Architect in my real job so would keep doing that.
7) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
I have a web site:
www.ericschaerphotography.com