This is the second day of the workshop starting with a dawn shoot at 6am.
Unfortunately I did not sleep well last night and am suffering with a very stiff neck and the beginnings of what could be a migraine. I haven’t felt this bad for a while, even counting the train.
It may be in part caused by Mark and I having dinner with one of the presenters Jeff Schewe. Some people would call him a pain in the neck but that’s not the cause this time. We are eventually ejected from the restaurant and have to go sit in the lounge where the only seating available is a lounge so we are all twisted round in order to talk to each other and I have severely strained my neck.
So the result of all this is that I manage to drag myself along to see what everyone is doing but cannot manage to get the camera out of the bag to take some photos. It’s the same location as yesterday evening so not all is lost.
We return for breakfast and having gone for a walk and straightened my neck out a bit I am beginning to recover and am ready to go when it is time to roll the wagons.
I will not regale you with the puerile level of information we receive over the two way radios being used for communication but eventually all 20 cars are on their way to the first stop for the morning.
There is some fabulous country to look out at but we have been looking at very similar countryside for 6 weeks now and it’s hard to get inspired by these scenes. Just how many different photos can one produce of the same eroded hills and valleys.
After half an hour or so of “self-guided” photography we move off to our second location. I can’t believe my eyes ... it is some scrubby little creek overgrown with prickly bushes. I go through the motions purely for the practice.
The only thing which catches my eye are some birch trees on the far side of the bank but when examined carefully they are quite scarred and lumpy but still having a certain appeal.
We move on again to lunch which today is Subway as when we arrive at the local restaurant the owner informs us he doesn’t have enough food to feed us all!
The third location is just like the first and second of the day, another huge vista of eroded hills but this time with lots of blue haze. I am disgusted and walk over to the far side of the carpark where there is a stand of Birch or Aspen in the near distance, no one is quite sure which.
They have fabulous tones and textures and I can’t resist lots of shots.
I am so engrossed I don’t hear the course presenter come over to see what I am doing until I hear him say “this is the best shot of the day, I am going to get my camera” and it’s not long before everyone has given up on the vista and is photographing the trees.
Because of this we arrive at the final location of the day a little late and sure enough it’s another great vista.
Several of us don’t even bother to get the cameras out again before moving on to the motel for the night.
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