By Betty A. Little, Killington Arts Guild
posted
Sep 26, 2012
The State Fair in Rutland gave KAG photographer Patsy Zedar a
rare opportunity to try something new. She has successfully
photographed waterfalls and fireworks for a number of years and
assumed this would be a similar, but it turned out to be full of
new challenges.
The group she went with takes photo walks in Vermont and, this
particular night, included three highly experience photographers,
Patsy, and a beginner. While the beginner was getting the
fundamental help she needed to get started, Patsy worked on her own
for a while until one of experienced members had time to review her
pictures and give her point by point suggestions for exposure,
position and lighting. They were all working at ground level with
no attempt to view the amusement area from above. Patsy used a
tripod to take her pictures and got pointers on ISO, color
management, and other fine-tune settings for these types of
conditions.
Taking pictures of colored lights in motion was different from
the work she had done before. So much of what a photographer can do
with a camera depends on incremental fine-tuning. Patsy came away
with nice pictures and an awareness of the unexplored potentials of
her equipment.
Her picture, "Round Up" shows one of the amusement rides in
action. The time exposure makes it seem as though the riders have
completely disappeared and that the ride itself is in full motion
with the stripes peeling off as it goes faster and faster.
Jerry Leblond will be giving a KAG workshop in the Gallery in on
Sunday November 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to learn how to
photograph 2D and 3D (two and three dimensional) Art. The Fee is
$60 for members and $70 for non-members. Forms can be downloaded
from our website. For questions call President Sally Curtis at
775-0521.
The KAG Gallery is open every business day at Cabin Fever Gifts
opposite the Killing Access Road. When you are touring the Hay-Bale
Art - stop at the two cows and visit the Gallery, the gift and ski
shop. For more about KAG visit www.killingtonartsguild.org
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