How does this heat change your photography?

[Keith Fleming]

I have to echo the earlier comments from Jerry Bodine in Seattle: What heat? It was bright and sunny here on the Olympic Penninsula today, and the temperature was about 66 degrees. The evening news on Channel 4 in Seattle led off with the statement that the heat has arrived, and when would Seattle reach 80. I sure am glad I retired and moved out here from Virginia! And I'm wearing a fleece shirt as I write this in our basement.

Keith

[Jim Jones]

I've had to quit keeping a 4x5 in the trunk of the car due to the heat. Already one shutter quit, perhaps to migrating lubricant.

[evan clarke]

What coping methods are you using beyond air conditioning and beer?

What about water, isn't it getting too hot for film developing?

I'd like to mention global warming but I'd hate to get rebanned or demerited for talking about politics. Perhaps we could just discuss calving ice masses, shrinking glaciers, volcanic activity, internal combustion, and Artic property values? But don't mention anything about Global Warming because politics has nothing to do with photography;-p

There's no global warming, just ask dubya...

[uphereinmytree]

I was in Baltimore today and it was 104F I used a digital camera to grab some snaps of friends at the pool. I've been shooting up until 10-11 in the morning and then running and hiding in the AC

[uphereinmytree]

Also, I had to remove the BosScreen from my zone VI field camera and get a lighter weight darkcloth

[John Kasaian]

Well, the heat kept me from trying out my McIntosh magic lantern lens today (I'd planned a portrait session with my daughter, location---a vineyard, a hot vineyard )

[Kodachrome25]

I fixed this years ago by moving to my current locale at 8,000 feet in the Rockies...

[Jim Andrada]

Heat isn't so bad this year - don't think we've had any days over 110 so far. Water pipes are almost 12 inches underground and I think the cold water was around 85 degrees lately. Putting the bottle of developer in a bowl of ice until it's a degree or so below 68 seems to work OK.

[trad.dig.experience]

Twilight Zone: Heat was frozen. Ice was fire. folks slumbered in nightmare, and ...

... woke up to reality. Rod Serling was an invented writer.

[E. von Hoegh]

26 sates declared drought disaster areas. Lots of photography out there, sad to say.