{"id":13493,"date":"2019-10-12T12:12:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T17:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/?p=13493"},"modified":"2021-10-06T20:47:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T01:47:03","slug":"always-be-ready-to-make-the-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/2019\/10\/12\/always-be-ready-to-make-the-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Be Ready to Make the Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The sun rises over the Canadian River north of Byng. This image was made with a wide angle lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anticipating an early voter turnout Tuesday, I drove directly from our home in Byng to Konawa to cover the school bond issue election. It was just after seven in the morning, and the sun was still below the horizon. I immediately noticed that farm ponds had fog above them and anticipated that the Canadian River, which I would shortly cross, would as well.<\/p>\n

I drove across the U.S. 377 bridge, parked in a safe spot, put on my highway safety vest, grabbed three cameras and walked to the center of the bridge over the river. For the record, I don\u2019t recommend this, and I did it as a journalist. I know, I know \u2014 do as I say, not as I do, but drivers can get distracted in a moment, and it\u2019s not always easy to see in early morning light.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The sun rises over the Canadian River north of Byng. This image was made with a 70mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sunlight caught the rising fog exactly as I had anticipated, and the scene did not disappoint. I shot it with all three cameras \u2014 one with a 300mm lens, one with an 80-200mm lens,and one with a wide angle. All three scenes expressed something slightly different about the scene, and I was glad I lugged all the hardware with me.<\/p>\n

How many times has someone come up to me with their phone in hand and started telling me, \u201cI didn\u2019t have my camera with me, but…\u201d They then show me an image they made with their phone that tells only part of the story. Despite constantly improving technology in smartphones, they lack something. Maybe they lack the attitude of a camera.<\/p>\n

The lesson is: Always have your camera with you. I know this is easy to say if you\u2019re like me and have had cameras within arm\u2019s reach since I was in high school, but it can really pay off.<\/p>\n

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The sun rises over the Canadian River north of Byng. This image was made with a 300mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anticipating an early voter turnout Tuesday, I drove directly from our home in Byng to Konawa to cover the school bond issue election. It was just after seven in the morning, and the sun was still below the horizon. I immediately noticed that farm ponds had fog above them and anticipated that the Canadian River,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,21,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-cameras","category-ideas","category-lenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17030,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493\/revisions\/17030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}