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TIPS from Bob & Sue Clemenz
SLOW DOWN, LOOK AROUND AND OTHER VITAL INFO FOR LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
SLOW DOWN. Do you equate your photographic success with the number of images taken in a day? In our photo trips all around the U.S. and Canada, even though we revisit and re-photograph many places, we always get out of the RV without our camera and spend a great deal of time just LOOKING.
After 15-30 minutes of intensive looking and refining, free of the constraints of bulky camera gear, we may have found one or two areas worth photographing. If the light is right for the shot, we will then go back for all the gear, or we may return when the light is right--evening, next morning or an hour from now. Usually the scene will be there waiting for you. We are happy if we get a dozen good shots in a week, and we don't waste shots on also rans. Don't let the time restriction of a workshop pressure you into taking lots of photos. Spend your time looking for one or two really good shots. KNOW YOUR OWN CAMERA, READ THE MANUAL, PUT IN NEW BATTERIES. You are investing both time and money in this workshop and photography in general - don't waste either with avoidable mechanical problems. Test the camera you will be using, and review the images you have taken before you go out on an important trip or workshop.ABOUT THAT THREE-LEGGED CREATURE, THE TRIPOD. If you are purchasing a new tripod, get one with the longest legs possible. Some compact models fold up small, but their short legs are very unstable on any terrain, much less Arizona's rocky slopes. It's best if you don't have to raise the center support column at all. Tubular legs (round) are better than squared ones in most cases, as they have less tendency to bind up. We favor Bogen tripods-even the light weight ones are well designed.
Bob and Sue Clemenz worked as a husband - wife team until Bob's death. Both were photographers and Sue also writes. Bob was a photographer for 25 years. He graduated from the Fred Archer School of Photography in Los Angeles and studied with Ansel Adams. Bob and Sue lived in Sedona and traveled extensively all over the world. Their work has been published in such diverse publications as Readers Digest, Time-Life, National Geographic, USA Today and Arizona Highways.
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