Still Here

Originally Posted Saturday, December 22, 2012

I woke this morning, and the world was still here.  Fucking mystics.  Always making promises they never keep.  But it is dark and cold and lonely and there is that.  Here and there, Christmas lights are blinking at houses that left them on all night.  I have yet to do the first Christmas thing, but I will need to begin today.  I've sent no cards this year, the first time in many that I have not had time to get that done, but there are still presents to be bought, drinks to be drunk, etc.  And since my mother will be home, there is Christmas dinner to think about.

So with the holiday break, I begin to work with the new 8x10 camera and Impossible film.  I am beginning to think that it really is impossible, too.  I am finding it very difficult to work with, and very expensive.  I made four images to get two today, and that has been my best day.  So if I stay as good as I am right now, each picture should only cost me around $40.  That's just too darn much.

This is one of the models I work with often enough.  She is a wonderful opera singer, a dancer, and an equestrian.  She's been busy, I'd guess.  I'm beginning to learn to use the big camera.  A bit more practice yet.  But this is the start of my take on Irving Penn's fabulous "Small Trades."  We'll see.

Now, since the world did not end, I guess I will have to start the new diet.  Man. . . it's always something.