Friday, September 30, 2011

carrots anyone?


Friday Morning


"I feel genuinely lucky to hand-on-heart say I love what I do.  Though I may never be a rich man, if I live long enough, I'll certainly have a tale or two for the nephews, and i dig the thought of that."

-Mickey Smith






Career wise, if you like something and it can keep you afloat, do it.  Sanity and happiness can reside in other things besides money.  Mickey Smith is a surf photographer.  Kind of a weird, wordy dude but he's apparently enjoying his job and has some beautiful stuff.

B/W film

4 years ago I got some black and white film for my one and only photo class.  I remember shooting half of one of the rolls.  I finally got around to finishing that roll along with one other roll.

A couple of thoughts on film:
* For some reason, it means more to me. Maybe I think about each shot a little more.
* I think people are a little less nervous around film.  This might be because they can't immediately look at the shot and judge themselves.
* B/W film is extremely expensive to develop.  I don't think I'll be doing it again.

Here are a few: