oaktree
19th of November 2009 (Thu), 18:35
Read a lot about travel photography before going to Japan. Bought a 5D2 for the trip. Thought I was ready, but...
Forgot the SD600 in the USA. Our back up were our iPhones. Luckily, the 5D2 worked all through the trip. But...
I did not carry the 5D2 with me all the time. It was pouring in Hida Furukawa so I left the 5D2 in the hotel room. Big mistake!! Visited a candle maker and sake brewery, only iPhone shots. It wasn't raining inside!!!
Also, decided not to take the 5D2 to most dinners. Thought it would be in the way. Again a big mistake which I didn't think about while in Japan. Most of our dinners were gourmet grade! The food was almost as interesting as the temples and natural scenery. Next big trip, I'm also going to be armed with a G11 for the times I don't want to carry my 5D2 (and I hope I don't forget the G11 in the USA).
Set up shots, vignette shots, detail shots. Had this drilled in my head before I left. But after looking over about 3000+ shots of Japan, I went straight to detail shots about half of the time. No set up set and very little vignettes. Did OK in the "big" sites: Todai-ji, Kiyomizudera and Himeji Castle. These sites are big and can be seen from far away so the set up/vignette/detail sequence is easy to remember. But just walked right into many "smaller" sites without any set up shots (or very poor ones). :(:(:(
Going to Europe next year. Still got a lot to learn.
Forgot the SD600 in the USA. Our back up were our iPhones. Luckily, the 5D2 worked all through the trip. But...
I did not carry the 5D2 with me all the time. It was pouring in Hida Furukawa so I left the 5D2 in the hotel room. Big mistake!! Visited a candle maker and sake brewery, only iPhone shots. It wasn't raining inside!!!
Also, decided not to take the 5D2 to most dinners. Thought it would be in the way. Again a big mistake which I didn't think about while in Japan. Most of our dinners were gourmet grade! The food was almost as interesting as the temples and natural scenery. Next big trip, I'm also going to be armed with a G11 for the times I don't want to carry my 5D2 (and I hope I don't forget the G11 in the USA).
Set up shots, vignette shots, detail shots. Had this drilled in my head before I left. But after looking over about 3000+ shots of Japan, I went straight to detail shots about half of the time. No set up set and very little vignettes. Did OK in the "big" sites: Todai-ji, Kiyomizudera and Himeji Castle. These sites are big and can be seen from far away so the set up/vignette/detail sequence is easy to remember. But just walked right into many "smaller" sites without any set up shots (or very poor ones). :(:(:(
Going to Europe next year. Still got a lot to learn.