blue coyote laughing

strange to go back

sometimes in doing a submission, I find myself having to go back to some old files looking for something to fit the theme. the one above I've never posted. I probably won't submit it (because there are better images), but I kinda wonder why I never posted it.

the other funny thing about looking through old files are the conflicting thoughts that run through my head.

"wow. I"m not half bad."

"damn, I've really come a long way. these suck."

"when did I shoot that?"

"I should give this whole thing up."

"why haven't I done more with these?"

dancing!

I intend to be scarce around here for a bit. for good cause. I decided that for Artomatic I wanted to really challenge myself by shooting and printing all new work done in the space of this month. on top of that, I've decided to use a filmtype and two cameras I have very little experience with. go me!

I may post a few cellphonecam images as I work in my flickr stream.

wish me luck, and come see the results at:

Artomatic 2008
Friday, May 9 – Sunday, June 15, 2008
1200 First Street NE
Washington, DC
Metro: Red Line, New York Ave., M St exit
I'm on the 7th floor- get out of the elevator and walk towards the view of the Metro!

no pizza tonight

just don't know

this image was perfectly exposed. but I worked it thisaway and thataway and I wondered if I was adding too much contrast or too little or if I should just do a bit of burning on the shadow and does it show the tangle of greenery on the hoop enough because I think that's what this is about but maybe it's actually about the fence shadow and I could just burn that in but then maybe it doesn't look natural and hell I should just post it exactly as scanned because I'm sure people would comment on the tones but is that really me is that really what this picture is about...?

and on and on and on.

I fucking hate it when I'm like this. indecisive and insecure about my intuition. I don't know if this image will stay here like this or if I'll replace it later with a different interpretation.

I just don't know.

and don't go blaming your knowledge on some fruit you ate.

tarot card

in the foreground, is an accidental facade. what is left after a devastating blow. you may feel two dimensional. but the moon reminds us that life is cyclical. this is only a phase. you will become full again.