GOD DAMN RAIN!!! - DPChallenge Forums

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

08/27/2004 08:35:33 AM · #1

ARG! I've been planning for a whole week for my Fairy Tale shoot. AND IT RAINS!!!! This is an outrage! I'M so frustrate...

Anyone else just seen its shoot ruined 'cause of weather? Especially on a tight schedule!?

blemt

Nikon D70

08/27/2004 08:37:45 AM · #2

Yup. :) I took a very deep breath, exhaled and then started playing around with a mock studio setup. Ended up placing 59th on that challenge. :)

Check the forecast, look for breaks in the weather. And realize that the rain might give you a better shot.

Clara

BruB

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

08/27/2004 08:41:46 AM · #3

Just noticed your in Montreal also. Nice all week, rain on Friday, sucks indeed!

3DsArcher

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM

08/27/2004 08:42:16 AM · #4

It happened to me in my second challenge but I think it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I scored a lot higher than my first challenge. I'm planning on doing my next challenge photograph on Sunday and the weather forecast isnt great but I'm staying positive.

08/27/2004 08:48:22 AM · #5

Brub, indeed... all week!... ALL WEEK! ARG! and i'm going to the Indy race this weekend... oh well, at least i got VIP seats.

Thanks Clara, you are so right! I'm just so not equiped for this kind of shots, and i am dead scared of a single drop of water on my camera... ah man this is gonna be hard...

Thanks for the encouragement tho guys... was planning this for my second challenge application... i'll take all the luck i can get!

BooZon

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

08/27/2004 08:54:39 AM · #6

Send some rain down here! There hasn't been good rain for months.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/27/2004 08:56:25 AM · #7

Careful what you wish for Boozon ;) Might just happen! Mouahahh

Alright, leaving for my shoot location, heard its not raining there...yet.

mirdonamy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/27/2004 11:04:47 AM · #8

Heida's shots are all dreary and grey with vivid colors in the costumes or clothing or sunset, and she always places very well because it's beautiful to see nature at that stage... use the dark, dreary sky to your advantage... like the "nothing" has taken over your "fantasia" and just capture what you can! :)

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

08/27/2004 11:55:40 AM · #9

I live in rain forest country. If I didn't take pictures in the rain, I'd end up with a portfolio like Kiwi or Jacko. :-)

Beagleboy

Canon EOS-30D

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

08/27/2004 12:03:14 PM · #10

I took part in a local 24-hour shooting challenge last week and the weather bit all day. Lots of haze, so you couldn't taken any landscape type shots and the sky was covered in high fog / thin clouds that had no shape or form and would make for super white blown out skies. Bummed me out so much that I spent over four hours walking around to get inspired and returned home with less than 30 shots, all of them pretty mediocre.

And lately, we've been having nice sunsets after a mostly crummy summer, but I'm too busy with work to take advantage of them.

HOWEVER, I'm going to a weeklong K9 seminar and plan to shoot all types of police and customs dogs doing their thing. Should be interesting.

kosmikkreeper

Nikon D300s

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

08/27/2004 12:58:07 PM · #11

My fairy tale shot is out the door too cuz my girlfriend decided to invite family over..... :-( and I had such a great idea too!

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

08/27/2004 01:03:24 PM · #12

Originally posted by kosmikkreeper:

My fairy tale shot is out the door too cuz my girlfriend decided to invite family over..... :-( and I had such a great idea too!

I hear ya, kosmikkreeper...I just sold my huge pumpkin-carriage last week!

caba

Nikon D800

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

08/27/2004 01:13:09 PM · #13

The rain was a blessing for my shoot, where I was, it was 44 degrees. I love the dark clouds.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

08/27/2004 05:41:50 PM · #14

well, my shot's out the window too... weather was nothing like it was supposed to be, was so damn hot i almost passed out...

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

08/27/2004 05:48:11 PM · #15

Originally posted by RedOak:

well, my shot's out the window too... weather was nothing like it was supposed to be, was so damn hot i almost passed out...

First it's too wet ... then it's too hot ... tomorrow the weather should be just right! : )