It wasn’t long before I was fumbling with the controls of the camera and shoving my hands in my pockets did little to remedy this.
#Iridient x transformer settings iso#
1/35 at f11, ISO 200, Fujinon 10-24mm.Īs I set up my tripod for the first time I was soon regretting not having thought to bring gloves with me. One of a handful of shots I took that weren’t long exposures today. But this was fine, I had my tripod and my 10 stop ND filter with me ( Cokin Nuances) so I decided during the drive that I would try taking some long exposures. I had just about made up my mind to head into town and wander around aimlessly for a while when I got an SMS from my sister and during the exchange of messages she suggested I head out to Old John, a very well known Leicestershire landmark situated in Bradgate Park.īy the time I actually got in the car the clouds had blanketed just about all of the sky. However I was suffering from my usual problem – not knowing where to go. This morning the sun was shining and as I ate my breakfast it looked like a great day to get out and take some photos. You just have to get out there and shoot with it.
The best camera is the one you have with you – whether it has a 35mm sensor, an APS-C sensor, Micro Four Thirds or a phone’s camera. Where do you stop? (I tend to agree with Zak Arias’ point of view on this as expressed wonderfully here). “Full frame” is meaningless – what is full? 2.25 inch square is bigger than a 35mm frame size so how can 35mm be “full”? How about 4×5 inch sheet film? How about 8×10 inch? That makes 135 film (35mm) look tiny. If you mean 35mm sensor then say 35mm sensor. Would this photo have been any better if I’d used my so called “full frame” EOS-6D? I doubt it. The only lighting was provided by a string of light bulbs set along the top of the wall about 10 to 15 feet to my left as I shot. I was even able to focus using auto-focus without any trouble. Shot at 1/125, f2 on the X-Pro2 with the excellent Fujinon 90mm lens at ISO 6400.
#Iridient x transformer settings free#
I’ve always been wary of shooting at high ISO with any camera I’ve owned but I tend to think that it’s better to get something that may have some noise but is free of camera shake so these days I tend to just go with the flow and pump up that ISO as necessary. I had been shooting the acts on stage at ISO 3200 but for these shots I was nabbing outside the venue I had to crank it up a notch to ISO 6400. It can often be tricky to judge the technical qualities of a photo from the tiny screen on the back of a camera but this one looked pretty good and after showing it to the subjects I ended up being persuaded to take quite a few more of Rick, Warren, Caroline and various of their friends.
We had a bit of friendly banter during which time Rick, Warren and Caroline got talking about my photography and I snapped one of Rick and Warren together at their request. It was Caroline who told me that it was “Rick with a silent P” so I do hope he doesn’t mind me using that as the title of this post. But at the interval I got chatting outside with Warren (the landlord at The Donkey) and Rick and his good lady, Caroline. The vast majority of my photos were of the musicians on stage, that was what I had intended to shoot after all. I still have loads of photos to work my way through from that night which was over a week ago now but this one stood out from the pack for me when I was browsing through to see what I had captured that night.
I was there to support the good cause of the night and also to support my friends on stage : Bellatones. This photo of Rick and Warren was taken during the interval at a charity gig I recently attended at The Donkey on Welford Road, Leicester. Yes, it has been a busy couple of months and thankfully some of that has been photography busy. I’m very aware that it has been a couple of months since I posted anything here.
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