Shooting from the hip was a blast!
Two weeks away from zoom lenses, auto-exposure and a razor did me some good. Sal and I went off to parts Down East, as they say in Maine, and all I took was my Canon 5DMarkII with a 50.
While that doesn’t sound like much room for creativity, I knew that having only a normal lens at my disposal would force me back into Pure Photography mode. I set the camera on M, and for my first serious shot of the trip I put myself to the classic test: guess the exposure. Anyone remember the Sunny 16 Rule? Presto, perfect histogram. I rarely strayed from the M again the whole trip.
The other “camera” I brought was my new iPhone (white!) which I fully expected to drop in Lake Sebago—but no such disaster occurred. The camera takes pretty crummy photos by pro standards, so I found an app for dat. I was soon shooting the crappiest photos possible, which were purely beautiful.
It takes an art school student who’s been forced to shoot with a Diana camera (nowadays, a Holga) to understand that statement. Above is the last frame of the trip, as Sally and I found a road side farm market that had beautiful, local produce and ICE CREAM! It was a nice end to our two week adventure.
I’m not promising it, but maybe I will put together a slide show of the trip. Stay tuned! In the meantime make sure you check out this month’s Cleveland Magazine. I shot the cover and several inside features as well. The stack of CleMags looks really sweet at the checkout at Whole Foods.
