So I left home at 5am this morning to make the 45 minute drive out to Campbelltown to photograph my work, and see how it’s faring.
The good news is that it seems to be more or less untouched by the elements. A enveloping cloud of fog greeted me as I arrived, and as the pre-dawn light grew in intensity, it became obvious that the mist was condensing onto the work, running down the surfaces, and dripping off the edges.
It would appear that I have a self-cleaning sculpture.
Another aspect of the morning was that it gave me yet another chance to exercise the Nikon D800, and my not-used-often-enough Gossen Digisky meter. The handheld meter really produces different results to the camera’s metering system, and it takes a lot of getting used to – the camera will generally expose so you can see what you’re metering off, the handheld will give you an accurate measurement of the light, and if it’s dark, your image will be dark.
