The assignment for week 5 was to shoot three images of weather for online publication’s article about how the weather is impacting peoples habits and behavior. The images were to accompany the article and help tell the tale.

I didn’t have many ideas for this project until the last weekend before it was due, which seems to be a trend I’d like to break. I decided to shoot images at a Farmer’s Market, and take the angle of warm weather/no winter having a negative effect on the crops. The Weather didn’t like that angle, and decided to move in some clouds and dump a little rain, which was fine by me. It played into my favor actually, allowing for some great shots of a near empty market with wet asphalt aisles and ominous clouds overhead.

Upon reviewing the images I was disappointed to find most were blurry due to slow shutter speeds while attempting to use a smaller aperture for a wider depth of field. Still trying to work out proper operation of the 11-16 f2.8 Tokina for maximum image quality. I was unsure what I’d do for the assignment, but really lucked out while looking for a car show on Sunday. I’d found a carshow, at a Farmer’s Market!

Sunday’s trip was to the OC Great Park, which was a new location for me. It was closer then I thought and turned out to be a great trip. I was really pleased to discover this location, and am looking forward to returning this weekend, but also got just the right images I needed to complete the assignment. I was able to turn in the three required images, featuring an empty parking lot with ominous clouds, a near empty gathering area in the center of the market, and an empty booth with a full inventory of produce.

I wasn’t thrilled about the images, they were too much like snapshots and didn’t really catch my eye as great photos. They did however tell the story they were supposed to, and went over very well in the live critique. I was surprised but happy to accept the pat on the back with a mention of being one of the best submissions for the assignment! It goes to show that sometimes you just need to follow directions.