Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pacing Is Everything



Thanks go out to my good friend, PJ for the love I got in my inbox this morning;


"You haven't posted for a while.  And you don't have to apologize or explain.  I hope you aren't agonizing over it. Don't let it be too much of a mental burden...the pressure to post.  No one will feel cheated if you spread them out a bit and simply post an interesting story about how your photo adventures are going...even if it's a story about how they're going nowhere for a while.  We all love a story about human limitations.  Honesty is all that's required.  Thinking of you..."


Like a marathon, I suspect pacing is everything in a one a day, 365 photo project.  It's bright and early this Tuesday morning and I have not missed a single 'daily shot', but blogging has taken a back seat to shooting and the huge amounts of digital workflow I have generated by taking three photography courses/workshops simultaneously; Advanced Studio Lighting, The Fine Art Nude, and Lighting For Editorial & Fashion.  In the past ten days I have worked with fourteen different models!


When not in the studio, I often fall back on my Apple iPhone 3Gs and my Panasonic Lumix.  I ran 20 miles (30 kilometres) on Sunday and I still haven't downloaded the Lumix!!  And to be honest, training for a marathon often feels like a full-time part job in and of itself.


So, thanks all for bearing with me.  The pictures are there.  They're coming...


Friday, at two minutes to Midnight, and realizing I had yet to get my picture.  I was desperate!  I had been sitting in front of my iMac 24" monitor for what seemed like forever.  I am dying to go on a trip.  As I sat there stumped, up popped my screen-saver...  Saved by Apple and Steve Jobs.


Apple 3Gs.


- Vince Hemingson







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