One of my lessons learned from last weekend was that I really need to clean my sensor. I bought a large Giottos Rocket-Air blower which is designed for blowing dust off cameras without damaging them. Today I timidly turned on the sensor cleaning mode of my camera after reading the instructions in the manual only three times. The blower worked well. It blew away all noticeable dust specks but one. I went back and repeatedly tried to blow that last one away. Then of course, I got a larger than ever speck right on the middle! I could even see it laying there on the (glass over the) sensor. Gone was my apprehension of hurting my camera. I realized this called for the next level of cleaning, but I didn't have any supplies, and even less experience.
I called up my buddy Dave McLaughlin of DCM Photography and explained why my camera was driving me crazy. He invited me over and with a quick swipe or two, my dust specks were gone. The gigantic one. The big ones. Even the little tiny ones thriving in large colonies along the right side. YES! All evening, I have been so ecstatic about having a clean sensor. Many, many thanks to Dave for being so generous.
In other SoFoBoMo news, I have planned out my weekend. Saturday morning seems to be the big day for many volunteer events across the city. I could have tried squeezing in multiple events, but decided to just keep it simple. I will do one event in the morning, and one in the evening. Sunday, I will also do two events.
I have contacted one person involved in each of the events and have received fantastic responses:
"We would LOVE to have you take some photos of us."
"Wow! Thank you, I am flattered. Please do come on over."
"You're welcome to come but the experience might be a little different than what you're looking for."
It feels good having the experience of shooting one event. It feels great having contacted so many people, and being so well received. Jay reminded me today about how I felt last weekend. I'm not one speck nervous about tomorrow! I am ready for whatever the weekend brings. Each event will have challenges that go beyond the typical show up to an event and take photos of friends and anything else interesting.
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