Does hot weather keep you away from shooting?

high heat and harsh light lead me to the same place: shade, wherever i can find it. opposite side of the street or building, tree-lined areas, etc. so many of my summer shots have partially blown-out backgrounds from trying to get subjects reasonably exposed, i really should be using fill. frustrating but i don't hang up the bag. time is too precious.
 
Yes, Raid, i live in UAE, and you know the temp in our region [UAE, Saudi, Qatar,....] is the hottest, normal usual temp in summer is from 43C up to 50 something and so high humidity, so when you people saying that 35-40C is so hot for you i can understand as long you live in normal nice weather in 15 average most of the year, we have average here about 30C, so 35C to you is like 25C to us.
 
30C / 90%. I gotta use the film before it expires due to conditions. And the scenery isn't bad in this weather. However, it is a one lens affair.
 
It's been very hot & humid here this last week but I was in Bermuda a couple weeks ago where it was really hot. I took a fair amount of gear and a new traveler tripod/ballhead that I bought for the trip. I don't think I would have carried my regular tripod in that heat. I also used a light colored Domke bag and limited myself to three lenses. By the end of the days I was dragging a bit but I find that drinking lots of water and walking in shade really helps.
 
50C (120F) in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Normal weather in the summer. I could barely handle the M7 it was blazing hot metal. I was surprised the film survived. I kept the camera covered with a white t-shirt until shooting. One of my biggest fears were the rattler snakes since they blend with the environment.
 
In my country, there are no four seasons and weather is much like summer throughout the year. Average about 34C in the day and 28C at night. You guys have the cold of winter and heat of summer - which I like - but here I get weather that is pretty much even out. Oh well...🙁
 
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Yes, Raid, i live in UAE, and you know the temp in our region [UAE, Saudi, Qatar,....] is the hottest, normal usual temp in summer is from 43C up to 50 something and so high humidity, so when you people saying that 35-40C is so hot for you i can understand as long you live in normal nice weather in 15 average most of the year, we have average here about 30C, so 35C to you is like 25C to us.
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I am always amazed that people from Europe are able to live/work long term in countries like UAE. Don't know how they do it. Air condition all day long and everywhere? But I am really a person who likes colder climate. I am the first in the office to switch from long arm shirt to half arm shirt in march and the last to switch back in november 🙂
 
I'm afraid it does. I went to Antwerp the weekend before this on, and it was scorching hot for a Dutch-guy (30°C).
Like I wrote on my blog, subjects passed by and I noticed them to late, or I was fumbling the camera and was to late again. This kind of high temp tasks away my sharpness. Think you'll have to adjust to these conditions.
And there's no cool place in my house so developing tasks are also temporarily delayed.😛
 
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As Simon said, 40C here in Berlin, I was out the whole day, but I could hardly concentrate on taking pictures.

I visited the exhibition "Access to Life" at the Berlin Congress Center. It was free, air conditioned and I was almost alone there.
 
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Doesn't bother me particularly - but then I've spent many years living in hot climates, so probably have very thin blood. Either that or it's been heavily diluted with alcohol over the years.

John
 
Better heat than cold.
Better sun than rain.
I'm shooting more than ever.
95F Thursday and I walked 4 miles home taking photos, in office attire.
Did the same thing the last two Thursdays as well.
 
High heat doesn't stop me BUT if it comes with high humidity...Yes...
Summertime in Minnesota, five feet from the car, camera mounted on a tripod, all I'm doing is focusing...I'm dripping in sweat...
 
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