A couple of weeks ago I arrived at the Vineyards at 6:40 am . I had appointments early afternoon , after which I had to check into my hotel and get cleaned up for dinner with friends. driving around killing time I found a store that had it's windows all soaped up. they looked so interesting ,so I parked my car in a 15 minute parking spot , just across from the police station .It didn't matter to me that it was pouring , I just wanted to get photos of the windows.
After about an hour I noticed that people were stopping their cars to see what I was doing . No one got out or said anything , they just stopped and watched. . I guess they figured anyone stupid enough to stand in the rain photographing windows wasn't all there in the first place.
Maybe that's why the police didn't give me a ticket ;o)
spent last week at the vineyards , arriving on Tuesday , three days ahead
of our 3 day Alison Shaw's mentorship group on Friday. here are some of the photos
from Menemsha harbor. I didn't realize how busy we would all be for the weekend retreat , the mentorship is turning out to be a lot more involved and for the
better.It couldn't of happened at a better time for me.
with work , relationships and all else that overfills my life there never
seems to be enough time to shoot. the mentorship has forced me to get off my
levi's . so during the time of year when I'm usually hibernating I'm working , even if it's mostly indoors. come the next retreat I'll arrive even earlier to
shoot all the places on the island I scouted last week.
more photos to follow in the next few days.
with winter here and the weather the coldest I can remember since 2002 it is time to photograph indoors . after the last couple of weeks working with macro lenses and a few close up arrangements of my own I have come away with a new found respect for people that photograph the miniature world.
It's time consuming , difficult and backbreaking work.
even after thousands of shots I'm still far from where I want to be but realize the hard work and effort will help develop my overall technical skills.
Where we come from is as important as where we are heading
