I hate having my photo taken!! Or do I?
This Sunday I had to set up a black screen to do a quick video for someone, and decided that it was time to update my self portrait photograph. I know it’s a very newbie thing to include your camera, but having seen Michael Reichmann have a daguerreotype portrait taken holding his beloved camera in the Luminous Landscape Video Journal, and also then seeing my friend Landon Michaelson’s incredibly cool self portait, I figured I wanted to include my camera.
I got out my Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III camera and my Canon EF 300mm F2.8 L lens, and stuck them on the top of my Gitzo Tripod with the Really Right Stuff BH-55 ball-head. Why not? I asked myself. I love my gear like the children I never had, so I don’t really care if some people think [...]
