tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682738581019360100.post-88293694999819979632008-06-14T09:13:00.005-04:002008-06-16T08:10:49.296-04:002008-06-16T08:10:49.296-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT-rrR4jqI/AAAAAAAABDo/YTazR-SZXrw/s1600-h/beachflag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT-rrR4jqI/AAAAAAAABDo/YTazR-SZXrw/s400/beachflag.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212070695080070818" /></a>Famous South Beach between 4th and 7th where the beautiful people go.  I walk beaches and see photos everywhere, but a man with a camera on a beach is akin to a man with a hand grenade.  <div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT9DdouAuI/AAAAAAAABDY/sFzK0BqsAuM/s1600-h/beachgroup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT9DdouAuI/AAAAAAAABDY/sFzK0BqsAuM/s400/beachgroup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212068904711357154" /></a>I never shoot with a telephoto.  These were all taken with a 24mm lens.  I don't like shooting from far away.  A 24mm on a beach full of strangers is crazy.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT9Dm551fI/AAAAAAAABDg/lOFIXy29TiM/s1600-h/beachwalker.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT9Dm551fI/AAAAAAAABDg/lOFIXy29TiM/s400/beachwalker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212068907199354354" /></a>I liked these images, though.  There is a familiar anonymity that most people associate with beach going.  I will try to screw up my courage a little better and begin approaching people, telling them that I want to photograph them, that I am doing a series, etc.   </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFZX_CyPRpI/AAAAAAAABEI/APdxhRHDgdg/s1600-h/beachwatcherblackback2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFZX_CyPRpI/AAAAAAAABEI/APdxhRHDgdg/s400/beachwatcherblackback2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212450359318890130" /></a>That is what I keep telling myself I will do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT9DFWUG-I/AAAAAAAABDQ/sttjTQldLik/s1600-h/3towells.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_GSS_fGKzVCk/SFT9DFWUG-I/AAAAAAAABDQ/sttjTQldLik/s400/3towells.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212068898191711202" /></a><br /><br /></div>cafe selavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15326753057795689263noreply@blogger.com0