Today I am doing a photo shoot with a local meetup group. There will be professional models and make up and lovely dresses. Because of my personal preferences, I am traveling light as far as camera gear. With 8-10 photographers scrambling for access, it seems like it could be almost a free-for-all, so it seems to be even more reasonable I do this.
Coming with me will be the Nikon D7000 with only one lens – the 85mm f1.8G. And to augment this, the Nikon V1 with a few lenses. Nothing else – no flashes, no reflectors. I want to focus on photography, not the peripherals of photography.
This is where the title of this post is coming from – I am out on a limb about using the V1 and a single lens on the DSLR. With a lot of gear, I feel I would go absolutely crazy with everything else, and everyone else. This is me – not other people. When I shoot alone, or one or two others, it is considerably less stressful for me, so more gear is okay. However, I feel I could miss out on some really good shots . . . but I also know my main focal points of this shoot. To try to do too many other things could decrease that concentration. I want to shoot portraits, and panorama portraits. The D7000 and 85mm are for this purpose. With the V1, I want to see what it can do under these circumstances with the 10mm f2.8, the 18mm f1.8, and the 30-110mm.
While these meetups are a little crazy, they are also a great learning experience. Seeing other photographers at work, meeting new people, and chatting about the process are always fascinating. Doing it myself, in the middle of it all, is a challenge. There are soooooo many times when I loved what I was seeing on the camera back, only for find my EV was -5 because of the dials on the top of the camera! Today, the goal is to NOT do that, and to only use the info seen on the back panel for adjustments . . . so, little goals, big goals, and a lot of anxiety because this is one shoot I really want to go perfectly!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 