 My Old Boots Saturday, 15 July, 2006 I showed this photo to friends of mine at another forum. It's funny how little I realize that my initial thoughts can impact a response. For instance, when I got finished digging the garden, it began to rain. A slight drizzly sort of rain. I took off my boots and with one last picture on the roll, I decided to spend it on my dirty boots. Which, after all this, don't look so dirty. And, well, I had arranged them there with one tipped over and the other not, and tried to make it look casual and all that. But, for some reason it didn't look any more less contrived than setting them straight like this, which is, infact, just like I would set them on my back steps. So, maybe it says I'm too neat. And, funny enough, this is what they said. Or maybe I think too much about what is contrived and what isn't. I mean, isn't it all contrived and set up? From the time our brains say to click the shutter to the decisions around when and how. So, in order to avoid a set up, I went ahead and made an obvious set up. I think I might avoid a set shot just because I'm not adequate in setting the shot to please me well enough to take pride in the set up. It is quite difficult for me to shoot stills, unless I happen apon it by accident.... Went to a wonderful local gallery showing tonight by photographer Sam Moyers. His work was exclusively Polaroid, and is likely the largest single collection of different Polaroid processes in one place. Recently, he had the opportunity to reserve the 20x24in Polaroid camera in NYC, and he had 3 excellent portraits displayed from that session. Mind-blowing and awesome. He even had one chocolate print in 20x24in.(called cross-toned by Polaroid). Truly inspirational work, and makes me want to shoot more Polaroid. I'm honored to know such a wonderful photographer. ~My Tidy Boots. YashicaMat 124, TriX. Comment (1) | Permalink |
