Long Shot 2010!
Canon 5D Mk II, Lensbaby Composer with Zone Plate. ISO 2500, 6 seconds @ f/19.
This is the second year that Photographic Center Northwest, our local photo school, has put on a 24-hour photography marathon as a fundraiser. It’s also the second year I’ve participated.
The premise is simple: start shooting at 6pm on Friday night and try to last through 6pm on Saturday night. You raise funds by taking pledges, and at the end of the event submit photos for a juried show. Everyone gets one image selected, and the donated prints are auctioned off.
Last night was Long Shot night. I met up with 7 other photography friends and we started our evening with dinner at Via Tribunali. Nutella calzone? Delicious!
I lasted until around 3am this time. Somewhere during the evening I managed to pick up yet another cold, after just recovering a few weeks ago from my last one. Not fun. I spent most of today lying on the couch sneezing instead of shooting. Oh well.
The evening got off to a slow start as the sky was cloudy, it was raining lightly, and the light just wasn’t interesting. But crouching in a side street in Georgetown in south Seattle, I snapped the above photo and instantly knew it was the shot for the evening. It’s such nice feeling to get a great image early.
Have you ever participated in a marathon photo session?
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