Photo lesson

I have come to the conclusion that the best shots are made when one has his back against the wall. literally and at times physically. They come out when one's resources and capacity are being stressed to the limit. These available light shots of my daughter and colleague Jennifer and her friend Jon, at the Spring Fair held in Greenpoint and sponsored by TheGreenponiters.Com web site that Jennifer owns and runs, are prime examples. Shot at ISO 3200 and hand held and naturally wide open and without flash in very dismal light nearer to darkness  show that when one pushes hard things  can happen. I was surprised at how many shots I was able to keep. The camera was the Nikon D-700 whose great low noise qualities did help and made it really easy.  The lens was not very fast. It was the Nikkor 24-85 F 2.6-4. In the film days, these shots would probably have been impossible. The film that had to be used would have been Ektachrome Type B with a speed of 160, that was considered fast. OK, I was younger and could have hand held my Leica at about 1 15th of a second with the Summicrons at F2  or even used a lens at 1.4 but still it would have been almost impossible in view of the lack of light. Perhaps photography is becoming just too easy and may not be much fun anymore.