A collection of LF ideas & discoveries that don't need a whole thread to themselves

[Heroique]

Yours is random, helpful, practical – and probably comes from personal experience.

It has a direct bearing on LF practice, whether for beginners or experts – in studio, field, darkroom, or scanning room.

You've been wanting to share it to help others, but have felt bashful about dedicating an entire thread to it. Here's a chance to get it across without remorse! I imagine one person's tip will mentally trigger additional tips from others.

Can you keep it to one sentence?

Okay, two or three max.

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A plastic garbage bag is instant protection for camera and lens against the unpredictable elements in the field. No cost, no weight, no space, plus 1,001 other uses in the bargain! I even carry two.

[Kirk Gittings]

For a windbreak back your SUV up to the shooting spot and raise the hatch.

[vinny]

I carry a fabric water bucket for camping in my pack that I fill with water or rocks to hang from the hook underneath my tripod head. Seatlle Sports makes them.http://www.seattlesportsco.com/produ...&idcategory=26
The image on my ground glass is upside down. Where can I get that fixed? the image on my ground glass is upside down. Where can I get that fixed?

[Bill_1856]

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The image on my ground glass is upside down. Where can I get that fixed? the image on my ground glass is upside down. Where can I get that fixed?

Move move to to Australia New Zealand.

[Kirk Gittings]

Really, you still see that upside down?

[David Karp]

Really, you still see that upside down?

Funny.

I don't think I see the image upside down or right side up when I am looking at the GG. But I always remember the image right side up, but flipped, the way it is on the GG. The only exception is if I am photographing something I know well, then I remember it as it really looks. Weird.

Great idea about the car.

[Heroique]

For a windbreak back your SUV up to the shooting spot and raise the hatch.

If my hunch is true, "Where is the wind coming from and can I do anything about it?" is one of the most important questions LFers forget to ask themselves while choosing a composition and before setting up.

The vehicle-windbreak idea never occurred to me and I can use it.

To be sure, I could have used it many times before now.

[Tin Can]

Talk out loud, saying the actual process while going through the steps to complete a shot.

[Drew Bedo]

Talk out loud, saying the actual process while going through the steps to complete a shot.

I have used this technique while teaching students to use medical imaging equipment in a hospital setting. I suppose it would work for keeping myself from skipping a step, like remembering to close the pre-view lever before drawing the slide.

[neil poulsen]

Talk out loud, saying the actual process while going through the steps to complete a shot.

I do this when I photograph people.