IR Parade

Ah the joys and pains of infrared. Playing with an IR filter on the Leica M8 to see what comes out. Here, from a parade series last year in Niles, MI. Almost an atomic treatment of a color world at ground zero.

It may sound strange, but I just finished a 2-day jury duty and I enjoyed it. Started wondering if one could be a professional juror. Eat at the courthouse cafeteria, become familiar with all the jury rooms, acknowledge the judges silently as they pass in the halls. That knowing nod of yep, I'm back again. Collect, what, $40 a day.

From the sunshine of Venice, CA last year. Wandering between edits on a commercial television production. Trying now to remember what the warmth feels like. It was quite a walk from Santa Monica.


And since it's so gloomy out here in Royal Oak, I think I'll scan me a batch of slides and negs from the last couple of years. But that means sitting in the "cold" room. Well, let's just see how the day plays out...

Being shoveled-in and snowbound reminds me of an image I took a while back in South Bend, IN. A parking lot at a hospital had been re-paved while folks were inside. Wonder what happened to this guy...

2008

And the new year is here. Slightly desaturated and selectively focused. Hoping for full depth of field in a couple weeks when the mental fog lifts.