By nature, my project has a whole lot of trial and error involved. Every single time I arrive to a new shooting location, I must choose the right lens, set the correct focus, exposure, ISO, aperture, and ND filter setting, and I must time the photo correctly. The only real way to get this correct is by trying it, failing, adjusting, and repeating until I get what I am looking for. There’s no way to permanently overcome these failures as its a necessary step that I will encounter with every photoshoot I do. However, with more time and experience I’m sure I will have a better understand of the setting I need in each condition and will cut down the time this process takes.
I had the chance to do 3 shoots this past week at the top of Gateway Garage, Unity Station in Worcester, and in Winthrop with a view of Boston Logan Airport. Shown below are my initial photos taken when I arrived at each location side by side with the finished product after taking the perfect shot and editing it. As you can see, there is a drastic improvement between the finished product and the first attempt in every case.
View of Logan Airport in Winthrop, MA
Union Station, Worcester MA
Gateway Garage, Worcester MA
Your photos are looking really good so far! Your editing is great. I think as you continue to take photos, you’ll really learn a lot and continue to get the hang of it.
Your photos are awesome! I know you mentioned that the slowest shutter speed is 15s but I think it would be cool if you either manually or digitally enhanced that. Digitally being taking multiple 15 second segments and then overlaying them (like in the plane takeoff example). But super excited to see your upcoming photo shoots!
I really love the pictures you’ve taken so far! Are you planning on doing that aren’t 15 seconds? It could even be cool if you’re up to it to do the same photo 3 times with 5, 10, & 15 seconds if the place allows. Could be interesting?