I have been pretty quiet on the photography front over the past month for no real reason other than to enjoy our long hot summer and settling into a new Job.
However things are starting to hot up again as I count down the days before my next photography tour.
In just a little over a week (Easter weekend to be exact) I will be heading down to Blenheim along with 3 friends to photograph and enjoy the bi-annual Classic Fighters air show.
This will be my second time attending this fantastic event with my first way back in 2013. To maximize this long weekend my intentions are to work towards creating a photography plan and set myself goals to achieve several types of photos. These challenges will cover nearly all aspects of photography including subject and creativity types.
So How will I prepare?
Well my first task over the coming week will be to review the photos I took the last time I went.
Why bother trawling through old photos?
Simple, because it provides me with a visual reminder on the lie of the land, including such tips as, the suns travel direction and height at specific times of the day, areas of light and dark (Shade). Positioning, general environment, layout etc.
Understanding your environment prior to embarking is time well spent and if you have photos from a previous trip then review them accordingly.
The second is to review my previous camera settings, As a high majority of the subjects will most likely be the same, I will be able to gauge if I should consider using different settings. I understand that light will be the biggest factor as it will vary but I'll focus more around my speed settings (Prop capture) , AF, White balance choices, metering modes.
Even choice of lens and filters etc.
Ask yourself what worked last time, and what didn't?
And finally to add additional flavour to this trip I'm going with a theme in mind. What this theme will be I haven't finalised it yet, but looking through my previous images I realized that my photography style was perhaps a bit too linear and focused to much on a single type of photography.
So to spice it up I'm going to jot down 5 topics or themes to work towards and set myself daily challenges over the 3 day event.
However things are starting to hot up again as I count down the days before my next photography tour.
In just a little over a week (Easter weekend to be exact) I will be heading down to Blenheim along with 3 friends to photograph and enjoy the bi-annual Classic Fighters air show.
This will be my second time attending this fantastic event with my first way back in 2013. To maximize this long weekend my intentions are to work towards creating a photography plan and set myself goals to achieve several types of photos. These challenges will cover nearly all aspects of photography including subject and creativity types.
So How will I prepare?
Well my first task over the coming week will be to review the photos I took the last time I went.
Why bother trawling through old photos?
Simple, because it provides me with a visual reminder on the lie of the land, including such tips as, the suns travel direction and height at specific times of the day, areas of light and dark (Shade). Positioning, general environment, layout etc.
Understanding your environment prior to embarking is time well spent and if you have photos from a previous trip then review them accordingly.
The second is to review my previous camera settings, As a high majority of the subjects will most likely be the same, I will be able to gauge if I should consider using different settings. I understand that light will be the biggest factor as it will vary but I'll focus more around my speed settings (Prop capture) , AF, White balance choices, metering modes.
Even choice of lens and filters etc.
Ask yourself what worked last time, and what didn't?
And finally to add additional flavour to this trip I'm going with a theme in mind. What this theme will be I haven't finalised it yet, but looking through my previous images I realized that my photography style was perhaps a bit too linear and focused to much on a single type of photography.
So to spice it up I'm going to jot down 5 topics or themes to work towards and set myself daily challenges over the 3 day event.
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