Coming Soon!
It's evening. Sylvia and I are returning from Oklahoma, driving back the dark roads of Northern Texas after a wonderful engagement safari. The beautiful drive earlier in the day with its green hills and blooming wildflowers has now turned into halftones lit by a 3/4 moon. These are those cool hours when your thoughts wander. We felt good. Sylvia had a good time (that makes me feel good!) I turn to ask her, "Describe Edith and Rudy in one word."
"Fun," she said pausing only briefly, "unpretentious, down-to-earth, in love."
I guess sometimes one word just doesn't fit!
In the coming days I'll be working the images and making them cool. I believe that when everyone you know sees your photograph...well...that is the "whole world."
Photographers are like coffee. There is a place in Arlington I go to once in a while for breakfast. Their coffee is Folger's, a buck and weak at that. Frank will slap down a mug... "It's coffee," he proclaims...never cracking a smile.
I prefer Starbucks. You've got to wait a few minutes, it costs $1.95 but Whoa Jackson! -that's real coffee. (Am I saving money at the other place...kind of...really I think I'm just throwing that buck away!) Anyway, I'm drifting. Photographers are like coffee. It is not much harder to buy the right beans and take some care in how you brew. It does take more time but the results bring a better day. Heck, that's just a cup of coffee -a great photograph lasts the rest of your life and beyond.
Here is the un-enhanced version of the same image. Click on the finished image above to see the larger version.
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