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05/11/2005 10:19:13 AM · #1 |
Ok so noone probably remmebers I was ever here :p But that isn't the point. See, in around November, after Summer and a great Autumn ended, the British skies turned grey and went with it my recently discovered love of photography. Now that Summer is back round again though, i'm straight back in there.
My question is, does anybody else find the wet seasons really dull, (depends on where you live obviously) for photography? And if so what do you do to get yourself taking pictures?
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05/11/2005 10:21:16 AM · #2 |
I love dull days. Its the sun I can't stand.
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05/11/2005 10:23:19 AM · #3 |
Rainy days can provide lots of great opportunities. Colours can be more vibrant. Also, reflections can be quite interesting. With so much history and architecture I don't think I'd ever get bored in the UK.
Though living in a place can change the way we view things.
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05/11/2005 10:29:25 AM · #4 |
I joined DPC 2 years ago... in the winter I found my camera collecting dust, and didn't enter a challenge for months.
Then I bought a new camera in the spring ;-)
The next year, I found myself with a new DSLR in the middle of winter, so novelty helped me through. And I found a passion for taking gig photos, which doesn't involve being wet or cold.
But yeah, I sympathise. |
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05/11/2005 10:30:48 AM · #5 |
I hardly took any photos over the past few months but I'm getting back into it now the sun is coming out and the coursework deadlines at school are finished :)
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05/11/2005 10:33:08 AM · #6 |
Oh yeah, I was keen on getting loads of stock photos of the snow, but every time I left Yorkshire for a few days, there would be snowstorms which melted by the time I got back. I swear the snow deliberately ran away from me wherever I was.
London DPCers have me to thank for the snow melting dramatically when we had our get together a few months ago. The day before the shoot, blizzards and a blanket of snow in London... I arrived early the next day and it was all gone :-( |
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05/11/2005 10:35:19 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
Oh yeah, I was keen on getting loads of stock photos of the snow, but every time I left Yorkshire for a few days, there would be snowstorms which melted by the time I got back. I swear the snow deliberately ran away from me wherever I was.
London DPCers have me to thank for the snow melting dramatically when we had our get together a few months ago. The day before the shoot, blizzards and a blanket of snow in London... I arrived early the next day and it was all gone :-( |
Maybe we should invite you to Canada in March next year so the snow leaves more quickly.
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05/11/2005 10:39:51 AM · #8 |
| We have a lot of gray days here in Canada as well. I also find it effects my mood and creativity. |
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05/11/2005 10:51:48 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by BeingClever:
We have a lot of gray days here in Canada as well. I also find it effects my mood and creativity. |
Here in western NY we have lots of gray days as well. But, contrary to some here, I find those days best for photography. It's the sun and contrasty shadows that rain on my dynamic range, causing my images to be full of blown highlights and blocked shadows.
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05/11/2005 11:02:56 AM · #10 |
I don't find the winter months have any lack of beautiful/interesting photo opportunities outdoors but I would say it's not the most pleasant as where I live when it gets below freezing and under windy conditions my hands get too cold to operate the controls on my camera. Sometimes I'm shivering so badly that I can't get a shot without camera shake.
Maybe you should take up studio work during those times you don't have inspiration during the winter?
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05/11/2005 11:03:23 AM · #11 |
i havent submitted in over a year .... triangle is my "come-back" challenge ... it's good to be back :)
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05/11/2005 11:04:58 AM · #12 |
I like all weather for photographs, but the scenery where I live doesn't lend itself to the artistic eye. I have the same few places to go, so I find myself board with the subject matter, if not the weather. There's only so many times you can take a pic of a bridge, when you can't get close enough to it to try it from a unique angle. Buildings become buildings, and a flower remains a flower. Close your eyes and try to see things through someone else's.
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05/11/2005 11:39:30 AM · #13 |
dull days can make great photographs..you need to expand your imagination. Do more emotive shots and less pretty ones.
Welcome back! |
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05/11/2005 11:59:32 AM · #14 |
I love dull days - we get so few of them where I live - just sun, sun, sun all the time. What sort of days that bug you probably has so much to do with how many dull days you have vs sunny days. When you get mostly sunny days they get just as boring as dull days! It is better for pictures though to have sunny days, as long as you don't mind being freezing cold you can get lots of nice pictures in the winter here.
It is finally starting to get warm here - for 8 MONTHS now I've been having to wear a coat, hat and gloves with the tips of fingers cut off to be outside taking pictures. It is so great to have the sun feel warm on your back when you're outside. Now the only bother is the spring wind which blows so strong you can barely stand up against it!
When the wind dies down in June the mosquitoes will come out in droves until July. They are the hardest thing to bear taking pictures. |
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