stuff I bought today

I’m going to New York City next week, to do a show I’ve co-written. While I’m there, I don’t really have plans except a few rehearsals and the 2 performances. So I’m thinking I’ll just wander around a bit and take lots of pictures.

In preparation for this trip, I went out and bought a few things today:

Paper and printing ink.

This actually has nothing to do with the NYC trip. I was just out of these and figured I’d get them while I was out buying stuff.

Shoes.

I noticed a week ago while climbing around Noccalula Falls that my shoes weren’t quite up to the task. I sort of slipped a few times. I didn’t fall, but there were moments that made me a bit nervous. I hadn’t intended to buy two pair of shoes, but there was a “buy one pair, get a second pair half-price” sale. So, I went ahead and got 2.

MY FIRST DSLR CAMERA! Whoo!

I’ve been feeling for a while now, that I wanted a camera that made me look more like a photographer. Such a focus on image definitely goes against my usual feeling that substance is much more important than image. It’s an odd dichotomy, because as a photographer, I’m capturing and editing images. I suppose I’m trying to make images that are pleasing or interesting or whatever, but that are still “real”…whatever that means. The image in a photograph isn’t reality, especially once you start playing around with contrast and color.

Hm. This may deserve much more thought than I’m willing to put into it at just this moment. Instead of thinking, right now I want to put this camera together and start learning how to use it. I want to at least sort of know what I’m doing with this thing in NYC. 

So, along those lines…MODEL FOR ME!!! This week. Come on…headshots, or out in a park or downtown, or (if you’re so inclined) nudes. I just want something to photograph other than myself and maybe things around my neighborhood.