This morning, I am writing this on Mother's Day, I was grabbing myself a drink in the kitchen and noticed a bird that doesn't often visit our feeder, a Goldfinch. I grabbed my camera, which happened to have the correct lens on it, turned the camera on to get a shot of the Finch and had no memory card in the camera. I quickly grabbed a card out of the office and came back to take a pic...click...I looked at the screen and it is EXTREMELY overexposed, to the point where I can't even tell what I took a picture of. I quickly adjusted the settings as I had been shooting in an indoor pool with horrible lighting the day prior and took another shot. Focus was off, not as crisp as I like, just to me a crummy shot, than poof...away goes the bird!
SO...as they say in the Boy Scouts, Be Prepared!
When you go out to shoot, make sure you bring the correct gear, lenses, flash, batteries etc. When you get to where you plan to shoot, prepare to shoot right away. Don't wait until you actually have to use your equipment to actually get set up. Take a test shot right away, then you can adjust before you start your shoot and save time for both yourself and the subject. If you are trying to get some nature shots get ready as well. You never know when something unexpected or something really cool will happen.
I wasn't prepared. Next time I will be.
Thanks,
E
Kappy's Keepers
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