{"id":69,"date":"2009-08-18T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=69"},"modified":"2009-08-18T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T22:10:44","slug":"on-the-job-taking-whatever-the-wind-brings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"On the Job: Going With the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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” You can’t always get what you want, And if you try sometime you find, You get what you need.”<\/em><\/p>\n

— The Stones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was the first day of summer, the solstice, and a chill wind was blowing fierce off the ocean. Perched as we were on a ridge high on Mt. Tam,<\/strong> we were catching it full on — me, my wife, a friend and her husband, who was the “model” for the above photo.<\/p>\n

The wind was so strong that even 50 pounds of sand and two people <\/strong>could barely keep the softbox from becoming airborne.<\/p>\n

We were here to make a picture for Marin Magazine,<\/strong> where I do a bit of writing<\/a> and a lot of shooting<\/a>. The editors needed an opening image for the magazine’s annual Editors Choice issue <\/a>that illustrated the thrill of living in Marin County.<\/p>\n

The top editor had an idea in mind <\/strong>— something she had seen in a stock shot — of someone stretching languorously against the sky, relaxing and letting out the jams after a hike or run on Mt.<\/st1:placetype> Tam<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>, the 2,600-foot peak that forms Marin’s skyline signature.<\/p>\n

The whole concept of the shot depended on location, a place that overlooked the ocean, faced the sun and had enough other visible landscape to say “Marin” — golden hill, blue sky, etc. I<\/strong> only had one day to scout<\/strong> and the evening before the shot drove all over the mountain looking for a spot. None were perfect, but I thought this ridge might work even though at this time of year the sun sets much more to the north than to the west.<\/p>\n

Soon after we set up, though, and I began making test shots while waiting for the sun to drop further it became clear the angle was not going to work<\/strong>. Even on a ladder, I couldn’t get all the elements in the frame the way I wanted.<\/p>\n

There was one other complication: Our “model,” while in decent shape was far from buff. Cove-up was needed. My wife donated her vest.<\/p>\n

We shot for about 45 minutes up and down the ridge, and I didn’t have what I needed<\/strong>. Pack it up, I said. We opened a cooler, broke out the brew and began stowing gear. Just as we started to break down the strobe, the sun touched the top of a hill to the north, spraying golden light all over us.<\/p>\n

I jumped up with a camera, the model set down his bear, the others grabbed the light (just holding the boom in their hands) and I shot about 15 or 20 frames, switching for the last few to a 17 mm<\/strong> with a graduated neutral density filter screwed on the front.<\/p>\n

There it was. A shot. Not the one I came for<\/strong>, but one I could take home.<\/p>\n

(Here’s a slide show of the whole Editors Choice<\/a> shoot.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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