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Scene Around Tropic profiiles an amazing image from the Tropical North

Scene Around Q&A

Photographer Ben McKay

Location: This snap was taken in one of feeling and vibe that people are able to on my friend’s beautiful old Canon SLR
my favourite local music stores, Music connect with... music is pretty special! with a 24mm f/2.8 wide angle lens. As the
City Cairns. This place is super special Challenges during the shoot: Lighting! camera’s light meter was broken, we had
to me as it was where I purchased my Despite the store being quite well lit, to manually calculate the exposure for
first ever guitar. Look at that Telecaster! shooting in the middle of the day makes each shot we took. I love the slowed down
I love this shot because: It captures it extremely hard to meter shots when process of shooting film and will definitely
me in my absolute element. As cliched shooting film. Thanks to the trusty light experiment more with this timeless style
as it sounds, playing music is such a app on my phone and the use of a bright of photography.
therapeutic activity. There’s nothing flash to help with the contrast, I think we
better than sitting down and belting nailed the shot! MORE: Check out @_benmckay
out some riffs on the guitar and coming Gear used for this shoot: This photo on Instagram
up with unique ways to create a certain was shot using Fuji X-TRA 400 film

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