kotek001's blog post - Winter photos

I'm back home. I had very nice holidays. They were very successful in terms of my photo activity. The weather was wonderful, my planning was successful, I was lucky to take nice photos and avoid getting caught. Ah, exactly, this reminds about the notion of window of opportunities. It happens to me again and again. I finish shooting a picture, start dressing and right away people show up. Just imagine: a mountain road, people passing by. I'm waiting for a window of opportunities or a break in the traffic and hope it will suffice to take a photo. Finally a window opens. I undress and start the shoot. 3 attempts. The last one seems good. The wind is strong and terribly chilling. "OK, that's it, finish." As I'm dressing back, some people appear at the end of the visible section of the road. Wow, what a feeling! What would I tell them, if asked about my behavior? "It was kind of an experiment", "I was testing my abilities", "I was meditating", "I wanted to know how it feels", "I wanted to have some fun..." I will post that photo tomorrow, on Saturday, January 10. Planning the pics is also very important. If you are constantly moving, covering a distance, you just use the sceneries you pass as best you can. But if you are in a specific area for longer time, for example skiing in the mountains, you have to assume a different approach. You get familiar with the area and select settings for you pics. You give yourself lots of time for each photo and for recovery from cold. You relax and enjoy landscapes, people, music, weather conditions, everything that surrounds you. No need to hurry. When it's time to take photos, you're still at ease. It's like taking a step beyond. At first, in the morning, a shot in the West direction. Then the sun moves westwards and you can shoot to the East, then even to the South-East. Yes, only 3 photos. If it's quietly, the cold is not a big deal and it may be even pleasant. Except for your feet. Using sandals helps, but snow eventually gets in and makes you chill. In windy weather recovering from freeze takes a while, even if you are skiing. And wind takes its toll on your body: my back started aching, more and more with each shoot. I have to say, that my plan went just perfectly.

I took some more indoor pics. One of them I find especially important. It shows me with a dog in an interesting pose. On the display of my phone it seemed to look good and extremely funny, but on a computer monitor--oops!--awfully fuzzy. I did what I could to improve on it, but it's still far from good.