sang Simon (or was it Garfunkel?)
it matters not because the next line
is what i am thinking about..
"shaking my confidence daily"
my confidence as a photographeris on a see saw
up one day , down the next.
the other night i got one of the best shotsof the moon i have ever taken, and on manual
focus!. in the dead of night! it was exciting because i have been
having trouble getting focused shots as
i have mentioned before.
today i went out, 2 great lenses in hand,sunny clear day, bright blue sky, 2 memory cards,
full of
anticipation- excited confident like
my favorite model pictured here
on the way i called a man interested inhaving me shoot some products for a catalog,
sure i could
do that, yes i have
some experience, send a resume? yes,
sir i will.
my next stop was a park near ourhome. i went down to the beach area
where the sun was sparkling on the
water
,
canadian geese, mallard ducks
were everywhere. they were dipping
in the water,flying over head, fish were
jumping, the whole park was alive with sights and sounds.
i used a whole 1 gig memory card there,then went to the creek side,
babbling brook, rocks and rills as the
old hymn says,
even a passing duck family. i used the
other card there amongst the backlit
trees and reflections of the sun.
i had the camera on auto focus most
of the time so that it wasn't my fault if
it didn't focus, also had the image stabilization
turned on. one lens was even an L lens, i had
all my bases covered. charged battery, clear cards,clean glass.
i came home with visions of perfectlyfocused geese in flight, with splashes
of water as they land. pop the cards
in the computer....blur,on to the next,
blur,on to the next, blur,on to the next,
blur,on to the next, blur - oh one slightly
in focus, no wait not at 100%.
why did i tell that man i could take productshots for him, i can't get a focused shot to
save my life.
okay Jay "hiho hiho back to your class
i go....( photojay is teaching a class online
- he's a great teacher- i am a poor student)
oh well come monday there will be more
geese a- honkin' and flying overhead...
at least i didn't get bombed, or chased
or bitten. this weekend i will be a good
student and study hard
get the blinders off of my eyes and see what
i should have my camera set on next time.
are you listening Jay??
