Hello again everyone! Thanks for returning to read more on my blog! I wanted to share a few pictures with you all and their significance to me. Recently I went on a retreat to Twin Peaks, CA for the weekend; and as if the retreat itself was not amazing in itself, I caught some lovely pictures on the decent of the mountain.
To start, I want to just say that one thing I have learned through reading and especially with these pictures I am about to share with you, is that fog is a photographers BEST FRIEND!!! Fog is great for creating emotion and mood for pictures. It does not matter what you are photographing, if there is fog present, then you are going to get great photographs. So as I was saying, the retreat was great and all but I just didn't get a chance to really take photos. The peak was beautiful with sunshine and/or snow covering every square inch of the camp. It was too bad that I didn't get a chance to take the photos I wanted but it was not a complete waste. On the decent, within a matter of a mile or so, this fog rolled in and it was so surreal. It was so thick that it blocked the sun out but not thick enough to ruin all the fun. The visibility ranged from around 20 ft. to 300 ft. at the thinest of the fog. So as I was saying, on my decent, I finally came to a turn out and reached for my camera to sang a few photos. Let me tell you all that sometimes you grab the best photos when you are not even trying! Sometimes it is when you are just trying to snag a quick memory! Contrary to the previous statement, this first photo I took because it was so touching. I was snapping a few photos trying to dial in my settings and white balance when just as I nailed the settings I look to see where my friend Shelbie was and VOILA!!! I had to capture this moment and I think I did. It is such a natural photo with beauty and emotion saturating the picture from corner to corner. The lighting and setting was perfect along with her posture; allowing for the picture to really come together perfectly to give me what I think is one of my best shots thus far.
Shot with Canon Rebel XTi
ISO 200 f/4 1/320sec @ 27mm
Rebel XTi
ISO 100 f/3.5 1/50sec @ 18mm
Aside from these two photos, fog can really change your photos according to the time of day and the location. It is especially good to use when the suns rays can be seen through the fog. It can provide a mystic emotion to the pictures. In the next upcoming weeks I am going to try and provide you all with more pictures with the different ways fog can be used. Thanks for reading and check back for more blogs.
