“No, this is NOT a fashion shoot….”
Yesterday afternoon I met my friends Wayland and Milinda at the ‘sandpile’ to go out with them while they pulled some clams at Corrigan’s Reef.The weather was gorgeous, sunny and warm.However, the water was not warm enough for me to get in and photograph while Wayland went over the side and gathered up the heavy bags of clams. I decided to stay in the boat instead and photograph Milinda, who -when she is not out working on the water - is a designer, with degrees in Art History and Design. What I loved about the day was that this was nothing unusual, that is what life is like here on this small island community in the Gulf of Mexico.
This time I took my waterproof Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-TX10 instead of my Canon G10, which I had nearly ruined on previous trip out on the water.In addition my Yashica T4 and Yashica Electro also went along.Worrying too much about getting salt water on my camera was something that in the past never concerned me that much.Shooting only film,I would take my manual Yashica FX3-S with its 50mm Zeiss lens, and happily photograph away. Can’t do that with digital cameras, I found out. This time the weather was so perfect that I did not have to worry about salt-spray or waves ruining my cameras.