Shooting In The Rain
by Amanda on June 6, 2009
Vancouver in the rain, Holga style
The rain has been pouring down here in Sydney at the moment. I am not usually a fan of rainy, overcast weather at all, but I am trying to embrace the dreariness in preparation for a life in one of the rainiest cities in the world.
Ordinarily rain makes me lock up all my cameras in fear as Australian cameras only like it when it’s sunny. Australian cameras are a bit like Australian drivers. When it rains they panic, forget everything they have known how to do for years, hide and stay indoors.
We live in a sunny place that is warm even in winter, in comparison to the majority of the world, so rain makes us a little crazy. The Canadian claims that Australians have no idea about umbrella etiquette. Who even knew there was such a thing as umbrella etiquette. We walk with them without any regard for those around us, we aren’t very good at dodging and lifting when other umbrellas approach and we walk with them up when walking under awnings.
Rain and Aussies are not a good mix. So yes, my poor, little, sun worshipping Australian cameras are going to need to be re-trained, so that they are actually in use when we move to Vancouver. I never take them out in the rain, I wouldn’t know what to do with a camera in the rain. Will I need camera raincoats? Where will I find the light? Oh, God!
Berkelium has been one of my favourite flickr contacts for a long while now. Tyler works out of Victoria, British Columbia and shoots very haunting photographs in the very weather I am heading towards. He has a gorgeous photoblog called Wink.
This little lady seems to shoot without hassle. Maybe it’s not as rainy as I think. At least it gives me a reason to stock up on cute umbrellas (which I have a little fetish for) and invest in rain boots and a rain coat. I own the Boston Cotton Parasol.
Has anyone got any shooting in the rain/overcast weather tips?
definitely get yourself a pair of WILD rainboots. i have a pair of black and white polka dotted ones with hot pink trim, but the variety out there is astonishing.
Yes I have been wanting some for ages but the range in Sydney is very boring. I’ve never really seen any that I liked. Target in the States has some great ones!
ha! i say the exact same things about canadians! they have no umbrella etiquette either! i almost lost an eye last week… infact i say that at least once a week. for the past 5 years.
if it makes you feel any better, it’s been incredibly dry here this year. i’m actually wishing for rain :)
also, you’re going to love it just fine.