March 16, 2010

Sunset at 65

Date: ~2000

Location: New Jersey

 

Description: For a short period of time, I carried a [non-digital] camera with me wherever I went so that I could capture cool moments.  This was back in the day when you developed your photos and each photo counted and you couldn’t take dozen of pictures of cat poop because, well, you have a huge flash drive to store them on.  Photos mattered.  Often times, I would see such moments while in my car.  Years before, I had developed my own style of photography because I hated how candid photos seemed awkward and staged photos seemed fake.  This hybrid photography involved holding the camera away from my body but aimed at somebody – I would often keep it like that for minutes at a time.  This way, people were consciously aware I could take their photo at any given moment, but didn’t feel obligated to pose for it because it was taking too long.  As an accidental consequence of this, I became quite good at aiming photos outside of a care moving 60+ mph while still driving and never looking anywhere but ahead.  This was one such photo of a cool sunset.  I believe it was taken on a trip to or from Rutgers, though my memory is starting to fail me now.

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