maximpactphotography

Busy day, finally got internet access- had difficulty yesterday in Shanghai.

I’m trying to fit into Chinese society as I would anywhere else I travel, and hope that these images from the current post will help explain my efforts. More to follow tomorrow from Nanjing with luck, including images from landscapes to urban..

Hope all are enjoying this week as much as I am- stay thirsty and if you like, write me at my e-mail address, benjaminlafayettesisko@gmail.com as not only doesn’t Facebook work here, neither does my Nikon GPS (so far).

Otherwise I have to say that the D5100 and D3s have worked very well- I wish I hadn’t accidentally dropped the lens hood from my 85mm f/1.4 into a river this afternoon……

Arrived this evening late from Shanghai, plan to begin with on the street and other interviews with students from Jinan University and the general citizenry. It was  a long flight…… cooler here than in Shanghai, about midway between that region and Beijing.

There’s some Tsingsao beer cooling off behind the door.

Another piece of the setup added today, and had fun hanging out with a fellow northern Californian (hi to Stepfanie Atkinson from Mill Valley), even though she shoots Canon….

I ‘m planning to use this shoulder rig mostly for projects like documentary clips and abstracts,  and certain travel applications.  The Genus variable 8X ND will help a great deal with being able to use wide apertures in bright lighting conditions , therefore isolating subjects.

And my field audio gear finally found a home, the LowePro utility S&F bags.

To all: enjoy tomorrow, 4 July- my personal Independence Day, because that day in 1863 marked the Union victory at Gettysburg.