Parker Chapel, Trinity University – San Antonio, Texas
I’ve been to Trinity University a number of times and in early October, I was down there again for Parent’s Weekend. Of course, I also wanted see how my older son is doing in his first couple of months at school. The university had a number of events and I spent time attending and exploring new places. Parker Chapel was one of those places I wanted to visit. Luckily, it was open.
Too bad the lights weren’t on, which would have made the space even more dramatic. Not to mention a lot easier to shoot. In keeping with my recent trend, I’ve been going tripod-less but hand-holding the camera was really pushing it. It was dark. I also wanted to use my super wide-angle, which only gave me a maximum aperture of f4. Not good.
After a number of tries at different settings, this is my best. Shot at ISO 800 at 1/2 second, hand-held and trying to center the shot as much as possible. This really cried out for a HDR on tripod. Perhaps on a future visit.
My son is loving school, making many friends, playing sports and keeping a busy schedule. He’s even taking five classes. So far so good.
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Pretty good for a half second hand-hold. I’d probably have to be dead to hold a camera that steady.
The Olympus in-body image stabilization sure helped. But even so, I still found it challenging.
I was struck by the clarity and impact of the picture even before reading about the circumstances. Guess that means you won on all fronts.
Thank you, Mike. I’m sure an old fashion tripod would work even better with even more clarity, but I guess it’s not bad for being hand-held.