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As The Fog Rolls In My Vision Clears

By cherylmachatdorskind

© 2012 Cheryl Machat Dorskind
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

www.cherylmachatdorskind.com

As The Fog Rolls In My Vision Clears

By

Cheryl Machat Dorskind

As the fog rolls in, my vision clears.

Its ethereal mist contrasts the ordinary and awakens my camera. Clicking away, I celebrate.
At f/22 (optimal for great depth of field), fog slows the shutter. I secure the camera on a tripod and set the ISO to 100 (fog is noisy). Fog has many nuances. Wanting accurate color, I shoot in RAW and set my white balance to “cloudy.” (Cloudy white balance counters the generally blue bias of fog and synchronizes all jpeg thumbnails).  With image stabilization (aka vibration reduction) off and manual focus on (fog impairs auto focusing), I rely on a shutter release cable (or a self timer) to eliminate camera shake.
Perhaps the only unromantic thing about fog (from the camera’s perspective) is the dampness. Consider weather gear.

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© 2014 Cheryl Machat Dorskind
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© 2014 Cheryl Machat Dorskind

Exposure is tricky because of fog’s reflective nature. Manual exposure mode is your best bet and bracket even if you are shooting RAW by one stop, plus or minus, so you have these exposures to suit your post processing mood.

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© 2014 Cheryl Machat Dorskind

Notice how fog (gray) emphasizes green’s vibrancy. Try this: close your eyes, count to five and then look again. Do you see red? This phenomenon is known as simultaneous contrast.

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© 2014 Cheryl Machat Dorskind
© 2014 Cheryl Machat Dorskind “Self Portrait”: I like the fog so much, that sometimes I jump into the mist. Handpainted silver gelatin photograph.

 
 

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Professional photographer Cheryl Machat Dorskind is a three-time best-selling author and newspaper columnist, an international mentor, a photo educator and adjunct Full professor, a workshop and online instructor, a speaker, and an acclaimed “New York Times” fine-art photographer and handpainter.

She is a member of the American Society of Media Professionals (ASMP) and Canon Professional Services and profiled on Museo.

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