around the world. They were leaving after
Christmas for Cuba. The goal was to find
and photograph the “Bee Hummingbird”
the smallest bird in the world, weighing no more than a paperclip - she got
it!
vest into the water! Kathy recalled buying
several compact cards early in the digital
transition, which were terrifically expen-
While I was assigned to cover Mike
Sloat’s Photo Workshop with several
participants (with one being myself),
that workshop did not materialize. Instead, I got the workshop of a lifetime
with four very creative people, counting Kevin Sims. It was truly an expedition beyond expectation.
An interesting comparison became a
topic of conversation in this unique
workshop: What can possibly go
wrong when you are out on a photo
shoot?
Captain Sims described what had
happened with a couple of his clients
just that week: One had shot photos
all day without a flash card. Another had
reformatted his card while on board, so
lost all photos taken. Mike related that
he’d had eight photo cards, all full, anchored in an envelope on his vest on a cold
Valentine’s Day shoot. As he and the driver of their open air boat headed back in
low 30 degree weather, he heard flapping
as his eight cards began flying out of his
delighted with the ones I did get, including
those in this article. It was a valuable lesson to be mindful even when multi-tasking for a story.
sive, then losing the wallet they were in.
I decided, as a “lark”, to check my camera,
only to discover that it had experienced a
“wardrobe malfunction,” somehow moving to another setting on the dial, so everything beyond that moment was overexposed! Kathy ‘trouble-shot” quickly, as
the teacher she is. While I lost many, I’m
PostScript: After this trip, Kathy and
I got in touch and she shared her free
on-line Basic Photography Book (20 pages), which I downloaded. She has made
eleven You Tube Tutorials on Photography. You can order the Clarks’ books on
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