Reader Photo: Soaked to the skin, but worth the shot
A couple months ago, photographer Alec Sibley planned on shooting stills during a hike near his family cabin in Big Bear.
His plans were soon thwarted when it started hailing and raining unexpectedly, but that didn’t stop him from having some photo fun.
“I opened the sliding glass door and attempted my first shot. It was okay, but not what I was looking for. I wanted to capture the rain falling so I thought adding a subject to the shot would achieve this. You never know until you try. With family around, but unwilling to stand in the rain for long, I had to improvise.
I had to do it myself-- time for a selfie.
I placed my camera on the tripod inside the cabin, opened the sliding glass door, stood in front with my iPhone, and set a 5 second timer. Literally 20 tries later- drenched from head to toe- I finally achieved the shot I was looking for.”
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