I’m a bit of embarrassed to say that that is my first weblog put up since June 2023. What can I say, I’ve had quite a lot of private stuff and different pursuits take precedence over writing weblog posts. I’ve at all times been a proponent of following your coronary heart and doing what you need at any given time in your dwell, and after recovering from shoulder surgical procedure final summer time, I used to be far more into using my mountain bike than sitting at my desk writing weblog posts.
Nevertheless, I’ve missed it. I truly love writing, and whereas I’ve been doing different kinds of inventive writing through the previous yr, I’ve missed this common inventive and psychological outlet that has happy an enormous a part of my dwell through the previous 15 plus years.
So, I’m again at it right this moment with some model new pictures. I not too long ago spent three weeks in upstate New York, which kicked off with a day journey to Niagra Falls. I visited this place as soon as earlier than after I was a child, and even then it was a spectacular sight. Think about the identical child 50 years later, however with a digicam.
Strolling round all day, on each the American and Canadian aspect, I shot lots of of pictures the Fujifilm X-T50 physique {that a} buddy loaned me, and three lenses, the 16m f/2.8, 35mm f2 and 70-300mm. I liked utilizing the X-T50, (right here’s my first look evaluation of the X-T50), particularly the devoted “movie simulation dial,” and that trio of lenses was an ideal combo. I typically say that for any journey or images outing, so long as you may have huge, center and lengthy, you then’re coated for absolutely anything. No want to hold greater than you want, proper?
Nevertheless, while you’re at a spot like Niagra Falls with tens of 1000’s of different individuals, and you’ve got only a few distinctive vantage factors, and there are already thousands and thousands of images of the falls, how do you give you one thing distinctive, or no less than intriguing to your individual eyes and artistic mind?
That is the place lengthy lenses actually shine. Apart from letting you get rid of all the opposite vacationers and buildings in your pictures, you possibly can zoom in and compose on particular components of the falls. Certainly one of my favourite compositional strategies in images is the idea of abbreviation, the place you select bits and items of the principle topic that counsel the bigger scene. This strategy labored very well right here, and I’m happy with the pictures I used to be capable of seize.
I additionally loved taking part in round with the completely different movie sims, which additionally provides an excessive amount of distinctive creativity to your photos. The photograph above was shot with Traditional Neg movie sim, whereas this one under was ACROS black and white. General, this can be a very monochromatic scene, however the completely different shade palettes add a slight distinctive high quality to every photograph.
I’m fascinated by the geological facet of the of the falls, and of your complete Finger Lakes space, the place we spent most of our trip. When the huge ice sheets that after coated this space retreated about 10,000 years in the past, the left behind a panorama full of mountains, steep gorges and quite a few giant lakes, together with the Nice Lakes themselves, which comprise 20% of the world’s contemporary water, all of which flows over Niagra Falls at a price of over three thousand tons of water per second.
Residing right here in Alaska, now we have glaciers only a few miles away from our doorstep, and I discover them as typically as I can with my little Cessna bush aircraft. In fact, even with more and more hotter temps yearly, it’s nonetheless going to take a really very long time for all of our glaciers to soften, however after they have completed carving up the panorama up right here, what’s going to it seem like? Fascinating issues to ponder…
One of the vital memorable facet about at the present time was taking pictures pictures of different individuals having fun with their go to to the falls. After watching one couple awkwardly attempting to take a selfie, I provided my companies, which started a 15 minute session of me taking pictures portraits of individuals and {couples} with their telephones, some at my very own providing, and some others who watched kind the aspect earlier than garnering up the braveness to ask me for his or her flip. It was enjoyable to share my abilities on this approach, understanding that theses strangers will go dwelling with an ideal photograph of themselves in entrance of this superb pure surprise.
Anyway, I hope you take pleasure in these pictures. Thanks for studying and on your understanding throughout my lengthy absence from the weblog. I promise I gained’t let that a lot time move once more earlier than my subsequent put up.
