In the Weeds

I saw this as a flash of blue on a grey day. It is a runabout, possibly left as an emergency way to get across the inlet.  Maybe it is simply abandoned to the weeds and weather, a forgotten element in someone’s summer.  Maybe it is sculpture or a reference to  Moses and the Nile . Whatever, the color caught my eye and the story filled in as I was shooting it. Less  a story and more like possibilities I suppose, but then again, that seems to be the way it is for me when I have a camera and nothing I need to shoot for someone else.

I was looking at it later when I  realized that I thought it looked better in black and white. I think that it leaves more to the imagination, a complicated idea for me. I’ll have to think more about that.  I didn’t see it in black and white. It was the color that pulled my eye to it. But I think it must be the story that drives my inclination to publishing it in black and white. What do you think?

Creek in Black and White

Seems like it should go somewhere magical doesn’t it? The right fork eddies a hundred yards off screen. Looks like it might be a boat launch. It was empty the day I was there. It seemed better to shoot the creek and leave the possibilities to the imagination. Maybe it  was a wisp of memory from a fishing trip only ever dreamed of, or a quiet night somewhere else, talking to a woman who said she loved me.

Another Day

Drinkin' coffee, makin' plans...