Another resolution I am making this year (starting today) is not to tarry when I see great light. Great light doesn’t wait for you, great light doesn’t give a crap about your schedule — You wait for great light and when you see it you must grab it by its invisible balls.
Yesterday was an amazing example. I woke up and thick fog was everywhere — Everywhere!
I LOVE FOG.
For me, fog is great light. It evokes a rare special mood and feeling.
.…but I’m a busy dude and work beckons me constantly so I checked the window periodically while I waited until I was ready to shoot. Guess what — once I was ready the fog had almost dissipated. Boy was I upset : (
So as a last resort I got into my car and chased the fog until I found the best patch I could find. It was okay fog and I think this self-portrait is not bad.
Point is — Now I have think about what could have been instead of knowing that I was shooting at the best possible time.….
Thanks Marko! I agree, I keep the lens cap on when walking around, but sometimes I also simply shot in the pouring rain. I put a baseball cap on top of my camera, with the front “flap” over the lens and the “head piece” over the camera, it fits perfectly for that lens I was using. The downside of course was that I myself got soaking wet
but shooting in the rain is beautiful too.
I also tried to shoot from my car with the window rolled down, but the wind blew the rain inside anyway, so that didn’t work.
Wow that’s a beautiful shot Yves = Nice job!
IMO — too many people are worried about camera damage by moisture. I mean I don’t want to go swimming with the camera or take it our in heavy rain.…but a bit of fog? Fog cries out to be photographed.
When slight moisture hits the camera/lens — I usually just let it air dry for a bit. So far so good
Hey Marko, I admit that fog can give you some amazing shots, but some people feel walking through thick fog too long might get your camera too wet, or your lens. When I went out to shoot some pictures, I almost didn’t go because of the fog, but I decided to go anyway, and shot one of my all time favorite landscape shots. The fog/mist adds a lot of layers in the scenery. So everyone, don’t worry about the fog, keep the lens cap on until you take the shot, and you will be fine! Just bring a tripod for longer exposures.