Walla Walla Wa
June 11th, 2004 byIt’s day two of my trip out to Missoula for my week-long digital printing class at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. I spent the majority of day one waiting in Eugene for the UPS dude to drop of my new lens (18-70mm). By the time I got the lens and hit the road there wasn’t much light left out at Smith Rock. I managed to get a pretty good night’s sleep in the car by putting the rear seat down and sleeping half way in the trunk and halfway in the car. With a little extra padding from a good therm-a-rest and the fact that I’m pretty short (and therefore didn’t have to fold myself in half to fit, it wasn’t all that bad. I woke up at 5:00 and immediately went out shooting. Shooting last night was funky. I felt like a giraffe on roller skates, fumbling though my gear, messing up photos and in all the wrong places for the light. This morning was slightly better. I read a few things in the D100 manual that have helped me understand a little bit about how my camera works. Now it’s just a matter of mileage. Practice makes perfect, right? My whole goal for this trip is to get into a good flow. To be at one with my gear. Anyways… more later. I’m eager to hit the road again. 