A few months ago I put together the El-Cheapo Photo Studio. Basically, some floodlights from the hardware store, some fabric thumbtacked to the wall, and a reflector made of cardboard and tin foil. Together with the 20+ year old Minolta X-700, I set out to learn how to do portraits.
This is Brittany, with guitar-man Emmott in the background.
Now that winter is here, I'm fighting off the urge to sit on my butt and do nothing. Perhaps I should fire up El-Cheapo again and do some more portraits.
Now that I have a digital SLR, I can take test shots to see what works, which should make a nice supplement to my traditional style of "winging it" and hoping for the best.
The biggest obstacle right now is desire to hibernate. It's after 0930 right now, and the sun hasn't made it's daily appearance yet. To add insult to injury, the sun doesn't even put in an honest effort this month, failing to rise more than 6° above the horizon at it's highest point. In contrast, New York will see almost five hours more daylight, and the sun will climb around 26° into the sky.
During the summer I find myself running on three or four hours sleep. Now I understand why Ursus arctos horribilis just gives in and takes that long winter nap.
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