September at last!

 We all love the summer season but at the end of it in late September (for the northern hemisphere), the arrival of the roman "seventh" month in Latin (Septembribus) represents the very beginning of the fall season which signify a kind of appeasement from the frenetic heat of the vibrant summer. Bathing suits, for those who still wear one, will be stored in the drawer until next year or for all those light clothes and sandals.

But what is all about the autumn period may be the multiple and rapid changes of temperatures and landscapes all around us. Even nature have a different odor spreading from all these dying leaves on the ground. For those who can spent time to observe (instead of inside working!), the fall season can be experimented in many ways over a short period of time. Even the colder temperature may be seen as a relief from the past hot summer.

September can be also a nice break in life to do some introspection about the already travelled road and about the one which coming ahead. The fast pace of summer leave place for more relaxing thoughts. Today more than ever, we need to have access to some king of regenerating pauses and get a more philosophical point of view in life in general.

In photography, by opposition, the September month use to be a kind of “back to school” period with numerous outings, exhibits, courses, various club activities, etc. However, the Web expansion, the social media and surely the pandemic restrictions have partly changed the photographic landscape to a more individual approach that have limited the mobility and the gathering possibilities for all the photographic passionate people.

The colors of the Autumn season have been always a very inspiring and productive photographic subject. The green landscape leave place to a kaleidoscope of warmer colors and tints. The sun is lower to the horizon that create more interesting tridimensional effects even in considering the lowlight challenges that are facing the photographers. If you intend to work in more adverse conditions (rain, wind, cold), photo devices that are weather-resistant (WR) got the preference over less protected piece of equipment.

During the fall season, you can expect less crowed urban areas giving you a real chance to emphasize the architectural aspects of your subjects. I have also found that people are often less annoyed by photographers than during the summer season. It is an excellent time to experiment and to document the very near surroundings that we tend to neglect otherwise.

Forever the reasons we may evoke to underline it, the return of the month of September means for many of us an important departure to new photographic adventures that we are pleased to enjoy fully.

Photos Daniel M: Olympus OM-D E-M5 III / M.Zuiko 14-150mm II ED MSC