I've noticed that many photographers are trying their hand(s) at making videos. Too many. I am not a fan. Surely it is a financial consideration. I don't want to remember the world in video. I want to remember it in pictures and words. One frame per minute.
Here is another of the Fuji experiments. I have more. They are getting worse instead of better. But when I return from Europe, I am going to renew my skills with the collodion process with Jody Ake. I wanted to go to New York City anyway. This time, I am coming home to most of the equipment I need. I will finish getting what I don't have and begin on that long, slow process. But it is better. It is better to make fewer images rather than more. I like my digital camera, don't get me wrong, but it gets too close to shooting video. There is no reason to take so many pictures. A few photos a day. That is more than you need.
Yesterday I bought some very cool travel stuff. Today is for packing. And panicking as I think of what I have forgotten. Then there will be the mad rush. That is what I get for not traveling this year. There are trips in the offing. And that is the very good thing.
I like this picture...not the same magic as the first one but there is something about it I like. I've been toying with the idea of finally entering the digital world...but I think I'll stick to film for awhile.
ReplyDeleteHave fun, don't panic! It's travel and that's the good thing.
We'll miss you... :)