I need to stay off my foot as much as I can, so aside from a few household chores, I’ve been a good girl. Still, I needed a photo for today, and the backyard was as good a place to shoot as any. This pear has been sitting our deck rail for a couple of weeks. I set it there to ripen and it’s looking pretty tasty. But the yellow against the redwood stain and the bokeh of the trees is rather pleasing, yes?
It started out pretty good. I’d been working on my Air Races photos a good part of the morning, but when I caught sight of the overcast skies I thought, “Great light for shooting outside and trying out my new 85mm lens!” So I headed out to the backyard, camera in hand, and stepped into a hold in the lawn (a hole dug long ago by our beloved, Daisy, which comes back to bite us on occasion). I twisted my ankle pretty badly and heard a crunch as I fell. While still on the ground I shot a couple of photos of Nina.
Yes, I realize what she’s doing, but Look At The Light! She looks spectacular!
Then I tried to walk it off and shot a couple of more.
Then I moved in on Buddy who was laying out on the deck, and for all his sweetness, couldn’t have cared less that Mom was in pain.
The only excitement I got out of him was when he heard Sweetie’s car pull into the driveway.
Then I tried icing my foot, but that wasn’t helping. In fact, the pain got worse, so off we headed to (the inappropriately named) Urgent Care. We had to go to Sparks as the x-ray tech in Fernley had called in sick. Lots and lots of waiting. Hours worth, in fact. No broken bones, just badly sprained.
They gave me an Air Cast, but it hurt more than it helped, so I took matters into my own hands.
More practice with portrait lighting. Key light (soft box) was to camera left and above my head, with a bit of fill light (soft box) on my right side (as you look at me). I held a white poster-board on my lap to bounce light up to soften shadows under my jaw. Post process I softened the clarity of the portrait in Adobe Bridge.
Oh my goodness! I get to sleep in tomorrow!
I’m camera’d out today. After four days of volunteering in the hot sun, finding time to shoot about 300 photos each day, then having to deal with all that is involved in gleaning the good ones and processing them, I didn’t have much spirit for picking up a camera today.
However, the 365 Project calls, so this evening I experimented with some quick shots using my 50mm lens at high ISO (6400) and short focal length (f/3.2).
Maya by the light of a shaded north-facing window.
Carissa Snedeker Photography 