From The Archives: A Little Honky Tonk
‘Cause everyone can use a little honky tonk in their lives now and again.
I was going through from photo files from one last fall. One of the things I’m not really good at is organizing my photos for an easy search, especially if I haven’t processed the image yet and given it a name.
So, that means I sometimes have to go through each folder in the general timeframe to find what I’m looking for.
Sometimes I cringe at what’s in those folders.
Why the HELL did I shoot that?
And so many times at that?
But then sometimes I also come across images that I’ve slightly forgotten about. Or the months have moved on and I’ve forgotten to go back and process them.
This image, though, I remembered. And as I looked at it again, I thought it would make a fine addition to a new gallery I started on my Zenfolio portfolio site, Hell On Wheels (slideshow)
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Summer Comes Again
The start of summer – unofficially via calendar but official in my eyes – is upon us.
Tradition the last few years has been for the block we live on is to have a BBQ/party in the alley that separates the houses.
We’ve done this a few times, getting a chance to catch up with neighbors that we’re only starting to regularly see again after a long, closed-in winter.
We set up orange safety cones at each end of the aley, and give the kids free reign on their bikes, scooters and push carts.
It was muggy and warm and that chance of thunderstorm became realized about an hour in. No matter. Take shelter in one of the garages while the kids enjoyed romping in the puddles.
The kids are getting bigger – amazing how that happens. Three or four new additions to the whole group, too.
It was bittersweet this year. Since the trucks will be pulling up next week to get us moved to our new house, this’ll be our last alley BBQ.
Also, too, the kids are starting to head to different schools, the golfers and non-golfers are starting to separate.
It is what it is, the passage of time. But for one last evening, we ate pulled pork and steamed crabs and clams and watermelon and cake. We sipped on Hurricanes and drank ice cold beers.
Summer came again…and we saw life passing before our eyes.
I had to shoot it.
May the wind always be at your back, may the sun always be on your face...
© Mark V. Krajnak 2012 | JerseyStyle Photography | All rights Reserved
Orange With Envy
Today, the good people of San Francisco will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.
I would hazard that it’s one of the most photographed structures in the world. If you’ve ever been out to San Francisco and you’ve seen the span in person, you know why.
No matter if you’re on the SF or Marin side, the Golden Gate Bridge is awe-inspiring. Painted in “International Orange”, it’s jut majestic.
To me, it often looks like part of a movie backdrop.
There is a New Jersey connection to the Golden Gate Bridge, too – John Roebling and his company forged and stretched the steel cables that make up the suspension bridge.
Many times, many ways…that’s how the bridge has been photographed. When I lived in San Francisco from 2003 to 2004, I was just getting into photography. I was toting around a Canon Rebel film SLR and a Canon A80 point-and-shoot. I look back now and wish I would have taken more advantage of my surroundings.
But even then, I was trying to get my camera in a new place. Sure, the Golden Gate Bridge has been shot many times, many ways, but I was, even then, trying to get a unique take on it.
View from inside Fort Point
The bridge could be standing out bright and clear one day, encased in fog the next. It’s always changing.
And for me, at least, it’s one of those things I miss about living in San Francisco.
JSP Visual Week In Review | 05.26.12
Here we go! Heading into the start of summer.
Unofficial or not, summer starts this weekend in my book.
I’m a “Summer is Memorial Day to Labor Day” type of guy, so this is the start.
This past week was one of milestones for us around here.
Last Sunday, we held Chase’s 2nd birthday party. Wednesday, Olivia graduated from preschool. Thursday, I saw that Matty cut his first bottom tooth.
The new house purchase keeps rumbling toward the finish line. Had a little hiccup this week where it looks like the closeing date may be pushed back a day or so, but we’ll see if that’s the case or not. To be determined.
Shooting was sporadic this week…fits and starts. Still, got some good ones in. And I got a new photo essay put together, which I was happy with.
The holiday weekend should be fun…continuing to pack, having a block party/going away party with our neighbors on Saturday evening…more family fun throughout.
Now I’m ready to start slow cooking my pork butt – for the pulled pork sliders I’m making for the block party tonight.
Here’s too a good start to the summer! Show me what you got!
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This Week’s Links
* Wow. Rebecca Norris Webb’s My Dakota photo essay.
* Tarantino’s new spaghetti Western sounds pretty badass.
* What a project from combat photographer/photojournalist Stacy Pearsall.
* Another great story/photo for Memorial Day: …The Single Image that Haunts.
* Interesting post from Brian Miller (@LoniMonk): It’s Not For Me To Know.
* “There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” ~ Ernst Haas
