Jason Tag Photography

In the past few months, there has been a lot of talk about living green.  So, Naturally, I’ve been thinking about how I can apply this to photography and location shooting.  When I got into the nuts and bolts of it I realized that I’m already a fairly green photographer.  And by “green” I don’t mean that I’m a rookie.

What I mean when I say “Photographing Green” is that you treat the places your are shooting with respect.  Don’t trample all over the plants, shrubs, trees, and other plant and animal life that you find.  This is their territory and you are a visitor to it.  Don’t just start breaking off tree branches because they’re in your way.  Find another angle or hold a branch out of frame so that it’s not in the shot.  When you are done, the branch can go right back to where it was.  I find it much more satisfying to work with nature instead of against it.

The term also refers to the amount of energy you use on a shoot.  Whether it’s your energy or the car you drove to the shoot or it could also be the batteries you’re using to power your camera.   Try to conserve energy where ever you can.  One way to do this is to use your batteries until they are completly drained instead of cahrging a battery when it’s only half used.  I carry three batteries for my camera.  I use one until it’s completly dead then I switch to the next one.  In some cases it might take me a week or more to drain just one battery.  So I’ve charged up three batteries, which takes more energy initially but it might take me three weeks worth of shooting to use all the enrgy contained in them. I’d say that’s pretty efficient.  If you’re finding that your camera drains your battery quickly it might be time to buy new.  It’ll save you in the long run becasue you wouldn’t be charging your batteries as often.

Anyway those are just some of my thought about “Photographing Green”.  If you have any questions or comments feel free to write…

Aloha,
Jason Tag