Friday :: 8 April 2022
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Light Drip
Seattle, WA
5 March 2022 :: Canon EOS 600D (Rebel T3i) :: f/2.8 1h 49m total integration :: ISO-800Dear Stranger;
Lately these sessions have been really exciting–standing (mostly) alone in the cold, near the water, with a camera pointing at the sky like a giant bucket collecting tiny droplets of light hoping to collect enough to make into an image. It's a lot of quiet time and all, but you know what, it recharges my introverted soul. It's interesting because back when I shot on film, it was 1.) horrendously expensive, and 2.) it took a while to get the results back.
These days, with astrophotography, that time between capture and turning the roll in to get developed is a lot like the time spent waiting for the stacking software to finish its routine. I've also noticed how much spending time recharging (whether it be through astrophotography or just creating something) works wonders for the next day or two following. As a result, I've been trying to make room for that in my life, and that means giving other things a pause (like snail mail), but it's worth noting that I'm not completely getting rid of that, I'm just taking a break so I can come back with fresh eyes and a bit of a more intentional approach when I write to someone.
Other than that, Orion is starting to sit lower and lower in the sky as the days move toward summer so I think I might have to say goodbye in the next week or two and start looking for galaxies. All of the popular astrophotography creators I look up to are starting to say things like "it's galaxy season!" so I think it might be time to figure out what my Spring target wish list is going to look like...
Oh yeah, I should probably iron my tux shirt, too. I have a concert tomorrow, don't I.
What's something that's filling your cup lately?
Magically,
-j
