We should back the truck up here and start from the beginning of last year's #24hourproject. It will be a great chance tor revisit the photos, what strategy worked, and give you some take aways if you are participating this year (DO IT! Register free at @24hourproject). 12:04am #Sacramento #USA "Invisible" by @victoria.j.hart as part of the #24hourproject #24hr16 #24hr16_sacramento to support @shehashope. For more information please visit @24hourproject The shot: This was the first good one right out of the gate, just after midnight. It gave me a boost in confidence right away, which was good since I was pretty nervous about how the project was going to go. Lots of good foot traffic of people going to or coming from bars in the area. Loved the juxtaposition. Miffed that it was a bit out of focus. Chosen for forms and sentiment. It is one of the shots of the day that I still like. Also, not sure if that is water or piss 2016 gear: Fuji XT1 w/ 35 mm lens. B&W JPEG +RAW. iPhone 5 if needed. Canon T2i at base camp as fallback. Cosyspeed Camslinger bag. Flash on camera for initial dark hours. Results: Fuji XT1 indispensable. Wifi built in worked perfectly. 3 batteries for the day, which is impressive for the Fuji, but I keep it off until needed. B&W was a safe choice. Very forgiving, easy and quick to post process. RAW files nice to have, but not necessary. iPhone a perfect backup. It would be very easy to use the iPhone as primary, so if having a bigger camera is what's holding you back, you have nothing to worry about. Never needed the Canon. Would have went straight to iPhone in a catastrophic failure, and it was great for when I needed a wider lens. The camslinger bag did not fare well. It was the older model with the button latch that you kind of pulled out. That latch self destructed about hour 3 when I was trying to yard my camera out quick enough to take a picture of the guy walking through the McDonalds parking lot with a sheet around him like a cape. Missed it. Managed to get it back together enough to keep using it the rest of the day, thankfully. Never used the flash. I usually run on silent, so having to change settings was prohibitive.
