I spent a few hours at the 3rd avenue street fair. I actually shot three rolls which is the most I've done for one location. All M3. I guess I'm always surprised by what I find at these events. I really only saw one other "pro" photographer there. Ladened down with two big zoom dslrs. I just felt so comfortable with the camera. I put an ND filter on (my trade secret) because I really do like to shoot at about f5.6 if I can and I don't like using more than one film type.
Speaking of Tri-X, I finally spent time printing some of the recent shots. Three very good prints. Funny thing: one handheld of the Crucified Christ at the Met - just very dark and mystical. And a few shots done on the tripod at night.
I had a thrill when I saw the 8 x 12's. Even did one 11 x 14 which held up well. Pretty productive day.
I wanted to write something about today being 9/11. In fact, I wrote two posts and then saved them as draft. I could feel myself falling into the chasm of red-state blue-state opinions. And the media is filled with that spitting head syndrome. Does anyone think their mind can be changed by some photographer's opinion? I doubt it. Do you think my mind could be swayed by argument. Nope.
Some states believe the country is going to hell in a red handbasket. The blue states think the handbasket is blue. The independents borrow from each handbasket. Locked in battle to the death. So I think I've only said that the country is polarized and everyone knows that. Now if I can keep my mouth shut about New Orleans disaster, The Supreme Court hearings; the war in Iraq; the use of SUVs; Homeland Security et. al.
Fair and balanced from now on. That's my motto. What does it mean? It means what I say it means - no more - no less.
