What kind of photograph will you make when in lock-down?
Mar 18, 2020 11:24:52 #
Being in lock-down if not an 'if' but a 'when' now.
That said, if you are locked in, what type of image will you create?
That said, if you are locked in, what type of image will you create?
Mar 18, 2020 11:29:13 #
Since I live in a rural area with a lot of wilderness around...lock down really means just not making a trip into town - which I don't mind at all! As for what type of image to create...hmmm....it will still be wildlife/nature for me.
Mar 18, 2020 11:39:36 #
Mr Bill 2011
Loc: southern Indiana
maybe it's time to crank up the scanner and scan some more of the several thousand slides from the 70s and 80s.
Mar 18, 2020 11:39:38 #
If that happens up here, I reckon I will spend time photographing the flowers in our back yard.
Mar 18, 2020 11:43:38 #
I live in a "retirement resort" in Washington State where everyone has to be over 62 to move in. There are 1300 of us here. We are nearly 70 miles south of the Kirkland Life Care Center and went into "lock down" or "isolation" two weeks ago. So far, there are no cases in my "resort".
Outdoor walking is still encouraged as long as you stay distant from others. There are lots of trails, paths and sidewalks. Flowers are starting to bloom. The birds and squirrels are out playing.
My photography will move towards "longer lenses" and I will try to find the discipline to study post processing techniques I've not yet mastered.
(Related is that Matt Kloskowski has put his courses on sale at half price. He says he only does that for the first week of a new course. If you need the excuse to buy a Photoshop or Lightroom course, the virus might be it!)
Outdoor walking is still encouraged as long as you stay distant from others. There are lots of trails, paths and sidewalks. Flowers are starting to bloom. The birds and squirrels are out playing.
My photography will move towards "longer lenses" and I will try to find the discipline to study post processing techniques I've not yet mastered.
(Related is that Matt Kloskowski has put his courses on sale at half price. He says he only does that for the first week of a new course. If you need the excuse to buy a Photoshop or Lightroom course, the virus might be it!)
Mar 18, 2020 11:45:00 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
I am shooting early morning frost in the yard and some sunrise images from the house, etc. I also recently made a light box by spray painting the inside of a sturdy cardboard box and adding some 'stick on' LED lights. I have been shooting images of small items in the light box.
And, spending time editing images and working on a box featuring my sand dune images from Death Valley. Have books I can also get done from several trips dating back to 2018.
And, spending time editing images and working on a box featuring my sand dune images from Death Valley. Have books I can also get done from several trips dating back to 2018.
Mar 18, 2020 11:45:29 #
Mar 18, 2020 11:47:35 #
Rural lockdown, as Cindy mentioned, is not the same as in the city. Basically nothing changes, ex going to town. For those in apartments, something quite different. Food and ingredients, collections, scanning images or slides, etc. There are myriad interior photo exercises - the essence of a room, one I recall from school, the anatomy of a bathroom - shooting porcelain as if body parts. As the world passes, shooting from windows or balconies, Follow imagination and the light. Good luck and stay healthy!
Mar 18, 2020 11:48:51 #
I'll get back to my slide digitizing project also. Maybe take some long walks and shoot some landscapes too.
- FTn
- FTn
Mar 18, 2020 12:26:24 #
CindyHouk wrote:
Since I live in a rural area with a lot of wilderness around...lock down really means just not making a trip into town - which I don't mind at all! As for what type of image to create...hmmm....it will still be wildlife/nature for me.
Me, too.
Mar 18, 2020 12:37:04 #
It just limits my range, so I cover it more intensely. Scenery and situations are limited to my immediate environs.
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Mar 18, 2020 13:31:08 #
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area we are under "shelter in place" orders, but we can still leave home for fresh air and exercise, as long as we maintain distance from other people. That leaves plenty of potential for photography.
Mar 18, 2020 13:42:28 #
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Mar 18, 2020 14:05:50 #
Finish Photoshop's classroom in a book.
Go through my box of negatives from assignments from back when I worked at a daily newspaper.
I think I was a lot better back then.
Much younger too!
Go through my box of negatives from assignments from back when I worked at a daily newspaper.
I think I was a lot better back then.
Much younger too!
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