There are times when getting out with your local photo club can be fun. These days it helps to go out with others to restart your photography.
I belong to multiple photo clubs, but one I’m talking about today, is the SW Photo Club in Littleton CO. They’ve restarted their events, and sometimes you can tie the topics at the meeting together with a photo shoot.
A few weeks ago Kristi Odom talked to us about doing macro in your backyard. Kristi is a Nikon Ambassador and just started to shoot macro subjects about when the pandemic hit. So we went to a shopping center to practice some of the things she told us.
Unlike my usual macro shots, I decided to follow Kristi’s lead and use a very small aperture to try to get as much in focus as I could.
At another photo shoot, one of our members wanted to show off his light writing skills. As the NPAN guys say, when you do light painting, you’re illuminating the subject, and when you do light writing, you’re photographing the lights directly. And I came to the conclusion that the person in front of the camera is the performance artist. So I suspect that the performance artist in this picture is either Fred Matzen, or possibly myself.
If you want to do this you can pick up some battery powered lights at Dollar Store or a Five and Dime, and go out with your camera and tripod after dark. And then your friend and you can spend time dancing in front of the camera, or doing free form movements.