Greetings
fellow shooters, Tuesday Ambassador here again wondering what in the world I
should write about this week. The first thing that comes to mind is that I have
not been in a shooting class for some time due to our previous extended winter
break. This was about the exact time that I had acquired my strobe equipment
and was required to take a self-portrait with my newly acquired equipment. I
did much experimenting with the new strobes capturing various subjects, but the
one subject that was eating at me the most was me. Perhaps this may have been a
mistake on my part in getting the T2i instead of the T3i three years ago. But
would you really want an articulating screen as a complete newbie with cameras,
regardless of any protection plan you put on it?
Now maybe it was a just a
coincidence that in the time of our break, while being away from my studio, I
was bored. Bored at my buddies house in the middle of the night and I had been
itching to take pictures, but had forgotten one of my tripods at the studio. Of
course my buddy is so tired after we watched a video on YouTube that he crashed
on his bed soon after. Meanwhile, thinking back about the video it later occurred
to me of a unique, yet a potentially destructible way of creating art from the
camera. You guys may or may not like this as I have gotten mixed reviews from
the people closest to me, but none-the-less a couple of photos are posted below.
I think the consensus so far is that you either love it or you hate it.
You are probably wondering one of
two things; why am I seeing this, or what did you do to get that? Well, this is
much of the reason why my T2i ended up broken in the first place. Although, at
the time it was apparent that the lens’s mounting points were broken but the
camera functioned as normal with no visual signs of damage. I kept at it after the fact. Needless to say,
I had a feeling that they would need to check the camera as well and so they
were both shipped the next day. I ended up acquiring the T3i as a substitute
while the T2i was out being looked at. Can one get camera sick? It may be why I
had not been shooting much because of the lack of control I had for the T3i at
the time. Then I notice looking through the viewfinder that I would be
returning the T3i regardless of the outcome of my T2i. This is why I did more
“drop” tests keeping well aware of not actually dropping the camera this time.
Below you will find the T3i photos of the “drop” test before returning it to
establish a brand new, flawless T3i. In case you have not figured it out by now,
my T2i is no more. L
These were all done in various
lighting situations, so color balance was a concern, however, not important
after seeing how they turned out. Yes, the process is simple and may potentially
be damaging to any camera but call me crazy when I say that I knew my camera’s
demise would come soon after experimenting with this hazardous option. So it’s
obvious that this is a do at your own risk project. However, this could not
have come at a better time as Studio Photography will be on my next round of
studies and I figure that having the articulating LCD screen will help out immensely
when it comes time to capture some self-portraits.
With all that said, I do miss my
camera but now that I have my control back on the now T3i, I want to kick
myself for not getting it in the first place. Often times I wonder if this was
meant to happen the way it did. Either way, tell me what you guys think. Am I headed anywhere with this?
Stay tuned next Tuesday to find out the first
subjects I captured with my new T3i. Let’s just hope I did not lose grip on
them too. Pun definitely intended.
Have a wonderful day and keep shooting,
Your Tuesday Ambassador
And as always, thanks for reading.
