Some old stuff I finally got around to editing

Back in December, when I was still living in San Francisco, I walked around Lake Merced and took some photos right before dark. I just happened to have my Mark 2 on me in the car and my girlfriend was able to drop me off at the right time.

What is strange is that at the time, I wasn't very happy with these images because I thought I was becoming a victim of the problem with digital: being too trigger-happy and not thinking through my photo ideas. I took around 50 photos all around the area and thought I ended up with nothing. This was right around the time when shooting large format was becoming more and more appealing because it caused me to stop and think a little more....until I found out how much of a pain it can be to shoot with that medium.

Anyway, I shelved these photos for a couple months and happened to revisit them while I was bored on the airplane over the weekend. Upon closer inspection, I think I might have ended up with some keepers. I have come to realize that no matter how hard I try, I am not a true film photographer. I didn't begin my photo career in the dark room while learning film types and the zone system. I freakin' started out by getting a digital point-and-shoot for my birthday and have ended up here. I was raised in the digital world and I have always thought that my best work was made with a digital camera because I could work through ideas in real time and did not have to wait until the film was processed before I could analyze my mistakes.

So, here's to a new frontier!!