I decided to try a different angle for tonight’s capitol fireworks photo. I questioned whether to even try a photo at all, since I’ve been more devoted to Daddy time than anything else. I’ve taken an unprecedented week off from work, and am enjoying how much it has allowed me to do with my little guys and my sweetie.
Rather than photograph the Independence Day Parade this year in Mandan, I joined my little family to participate in our church’s float instead. It was extremely rewarding, and worth missing photos of some of the cool things I’ve heard about in the parade. I was planning on not taking any photos of the capitol fireworks display, too…but at my wife’s urging I combined family time with a little bit of “me” time:
I set up my camera with wireless transceiver with around 1,000 foot range, then went to enjoy the fireworks with my little guys on a blankie in the grass at the capitol. I was able to use the remote and time things pretty well, getting some neat photos. This one is my favorite. And, as my credo goes, any photo trip one returns from with at least one good photo is a successful trip. This one falls into that category, even though I spent most of it playing catch with my boy on the capitol lawn.
Multitasking on my vacation, you say? Absolutely.
So, am I to understand you set up your camera in some out of the way place and just left it there while you went to enjoy the show at the capitol? Do you have any kind of anti-theft deterrents or do you just trust in the decency of people to leave well enough alone?
Let’s just say it would have been very impressive for someone to have found a way to tamper with it.