This is a two part Challenge. 1. Use a fixed focal length of 50mm and 2. Tell a story with six pictures. You can use your images to describe a particular object, concept or idea – anything that strikes you. There is one caveat, get ready for it, you can only take 12 pictures total.
Take 12 pictures and pick your six best to tell your story. We will share them on Facebook. You can take as long or as short as you’d like that evening to shoot.
Details: Take note! 6 PM instead of 7 PM
Meet at the Haul Restaurant outside: 121 SW H St, Grants Pass, OR 97526
If you can’t make it at 6pm still come downtown and find the wandering photographers and/or start your shooting.
If you don’t have a dedicated 50 mm lens, also known as a prime, bring your zoom that covers that range and we will help you set it to use only 50 mm.
If you shoot a crop sensor bring the lens that will be a 50 mm equivalent.
For example: On my 4/3 sensor a 25mm lens = 50mm on a full frame camera. On an APSc, Crop Sensor, 35mm is approximately = to 50mm. This will be different for different cameras. If you don’t know please email us and we will help guide you.
Just a few ideas to get your juices flowing. You can shoot objects of any kind. You could shoot only people of any kind. Perhaps architectural details, or things that move, or maybe things that are all one color. You get the idea. It’s wide open.
Feel free to buddy up, or help someone who might want some help or even consider shooting a story with someone else.You still only get to pick six final shots if you shoot with someone else. 🙂
Where to find Larry and Susan? We will station ourselves at the Haul (probably inside after we get underway), please find us if you have questions or join us afterwards for some food or drinks and sharing.
It will be a nice way to celebrate our last meeting of the year.
And don’t forget the year-end potluck on June 8.! At Tom Pierce Park. Check your email and the website for all those details soon!
I took this shot of Ferruginous hawk chicks in Eastern Oregon in 2021. These chicks were nearly fledged, almost ready to leave the nest. In this photo, they are eagerly waiting for a parent to deliver breakfast, perhaps a rabbit or ground squirrel. I was actually a long distance away so as not to disturb the birds. I used a Sony a6500 camera with a 70-350mm zoom telephoto lens. My settings were f/8.0, ISO 640, shutter speed, 1/1600. When I got home, I made adjustments and heavily cropped the photo in Lightroom. One interesting note about the birds–this was shot during the pandemic. It’s unusual for hawks to raise four chicks to maturity. Wildlife made a significant recovery during the pandemic shutdown because of the lack of human interference. I have been a member of the Caveman Camera Club for several years and I invite anyone interested to check out our meetings next Fall!
Judy Cox
Congratulations on a beautiful image Judy! Look for this image in the Daily Courier soon.
Larry writes about his image: It took a bit of patience to wait for the sun to move far enough west to finally light Bridal Veil Falls. As it did, the moon started to rise. Valley View is a parking lot at the west end of Yosemite Valley. Shot in February 2022, this is a Focus Stack of 3 images to ensure a sharp focus from the front of the scene to the back. 1/75 sec, ISO 160, f/18, 16mm. Fuji X-T4 on a tripod.
Hope to see you soon at the Newman United Methodist Church for our last Competition Meeting. The Assigned category is “Vanishing”. Our Year End Picnic is June 8th at Tom Pierce Park (same location as last year). We will present Year End Awards and Photographer of the Year and More! Stay tuned for more details….
