{"id":3608,"date":"2023-01-11T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:51:33","slug":"scratched-that-itch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/scratched-that-itch\/","title":{"rendered":"Scratched that itch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The sky looked right for the pictures I had planned for Saint Georges cemetery. I was anxious about going there by myself, because the location is supposedly dangerous. But I have been around Cassis and have driven by the cemetery enough times to know that it&#8217;s mostly exaggeration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still I wanted to not hang around too long. I got out of the car, found the spots to match my visualisations, measured the light, retrieved the camera from the boot, set the camera exposure, set the camera on the tripod, focused, and pressed the trigger button. The pictures came out exactly as I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"3610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/scratched-that-itch\/2023-01-11-004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Crosses at Saint-Georges Cemetery in Cassis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004-1024x683.jpg\" data-id=\"3610\" src=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crosses at Saint-Georges Cemetery in Cassis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I then drove to Les Salines to check out the evening atmosphere in the garden. The sky was even more dramatic, and I could not let the opportunity pass. The last picture, from there, was not planned, so&#8230; meh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"3609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/scratched-that-itch\/2023-01-11-012\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Eddy Young&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1673453682&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is copyright.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Western Cemetery&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012-683x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"3609\" src=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-012-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Western Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sky looked right for the pictures I had planned for Saint Georges cemetery. I was anxious about going there by myself, because the location is supposedly dangerous. But I have been around Cassis and have driven by the cemetery enough times to know that it&#8217;s mostly exaggeration. Still I wanted to not hang around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-Wc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4245,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/10\/shirley-wellard-film-cassette-in-pictures\/","url_meta":{"origin":3608,"position":0},"title":"Shirley Wellard film cassette in pictures","author":"Eddy Young","date":"10 August 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some pictures of the Shirley Wellard metal film cassette. 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