Losing the Thread

Sometimes when I'm watching a movie or television show, I get transported by the imagery on the screen and lose the thread of the plot. I guess I am subconsciously inventing my own mini-narrative. At those times I'm glad to have a camera nearby.

What Is Your Greatest Fear, Old Man?

What is your scariest nightmare? For me it is breaking down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and slowly coming to the realization that no one is going to come. I'm on my own, waiting for the wild dogs to come and do their grim work.* Anyway, I'm not forgetting my nightmares as quickly these days, like I did when I was younger. Is that typical? No idea. On the bright side, I'm slowly learning how my nightmares connect to photography, in some instances at least. Maybe I'm turning into a surrealist?!

*A reference to a show we've been watching called, "The Old Man".

Tasting notes: Leica SL2, 35 mm f/2, Ortho 80 +.

Surreal Experiments

I tend to have a camera with me whenever my wife and I watch television together. My wife refers to it as my ‘comfort camera’, and I guess it is in some sense. Like Linus and his blanket. The other night, the little digicam I was experimenting with was having difficulty acquiring focus in the dark. I just decided to go with the flow and capture what images I could. The resulting composition has a somewhat surreal feel to it that I like. Just goes to show how important it is to experiment and lose control of the situation a little.

Tasting notes: Pentax Q10, telephoto zoom lens.