Another day of just shooting stills...... :)

In my previous blog I talked about how important it is for me to shoot only stills at times.  This is because shooting stills to me is the main teacher behind becoming a better camera operator (well that is my theory anyway).

The problem with shooting stills for any photographer whilst they are on assignment , is then that they may have to think more creatively outside of the box whilst at the same time they may have to learn new skills or carry out pretty wild experiments all at the same time.  

Well that is exactly what I have done with regards to my current assignment.  Let me explain on the 03/03/2012, I once again tagged along with Daz from www.drbrallysport.co.uk and attended another rally event.  The problem is folks is that to Daz and his mates then being a photographer does not really mean anything to them, I mean to them then everyone is a photographer, even them, as all they have to do is press the button on their i-phone and hey presto just like you they are a photographer too.

 So on this assignment I thought to my-self right you are going to have to think outside the box on this one mate.  So I decided that I should A)  Learn the skill of panning,  B)  Tell the story of the day,  C)  Work with with one speedlite or two.  I set my cam to 60th of second, installed my DSLR onto a monopod and off I went to learn the art of panning. 

After about an hour shooting panning (wise) then I quickly did learn that panning is not just only hard but it is also a pretty boring part of photography that I my-self in the future will not be shooting to much of.  So off I went to become a little bit more artistic with my shots, there is one shot that I got and I have to say it is one of my fav, a bored young lad was wasting time in the service area simply by sitting on some tyres.  Before he had noticed I had sized the moment of opportunity and made the shot and had captured exactly what has got to be my fav images from this assignment.

Look guys I don't want to bore you all to much so sign of this blog with, then enjoy the images.

Gaz aka Strober