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            I often wear sunglasses while driving. Even when it's not particularly sunny. I simply like the way the world looks gazing through polarized lenses. There's a crispness to the landscape. And tremendous depth to the sky. I see things as I imagine them to be when out shooting on location. It's very deceiving at times. I'll be driving along and start wondering if the cloud structure I'm seeing is really there, or just a wondrous enhancement of the sunglasses. I find myself lifting them up every now and then so I can compare the scene with my own (unfiltered) eyes. Most of the time, the cloud structure is really there, just nowhere near as dramatic. No matter how often I go through this little routine, the pattern keeps repeating. I should know by now, but curiosity always gets the best of me. And what's one more driving distraction.

Ironically I totally shun the use of sunglasses when out shooting. They are nothing but a nuisance, and if I do wear them, I'm constantly having to remove them to take photos. And in the past this usually resulted in setting them down somewhere and never seeing them again. I do use polarizing and ND filters on occasion. But again, there's the hassle factor. The less time spent groping around with equipment, the more immediacy in the photos.

Sometimes I have this weird sensation while shooting where I stop seeing detail and concentrate only on shapes. It's as if my mind adopts some sort of filtration. I find it's a very good way to hot the creative 'pause' button and reevaluate (or perhaps reinterpret) a session. Such was the case recently working with model Carol. Looking across a meadow of verdant green grass under a bright sky, my mind went into filter mode and Carol become a complete silhouette. In that moment, her shape dominated the scene as the landscape seemed to melt all around her...

Taken on: May 22, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/8.0, 1/750 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/750)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	-1/2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.2 (Macintosh)
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