I was taking some photos the other day, and when I went to have them developed, I thought to myself...
"You know, I should find out what's on these rolls that have sat in my living room for the last 6 months"
So, I take them to my friends at Super Target, and have all 4 rolls put onto a CD (it's much cheaper than prints). Well, I found shoots that I had long since forgotten about. Pictures that I can't remember taking, I even found pictures of Niagara Falls, and I don't remember even taking my camera!
Anyway, so this is one of my favorites. It was taken in B&W, but has the streaming sun coming down through the trees, and dances around on the water. The temptation to take stills like this in color is often great, but I feel B&W captures the dramatic so much more effectively.
This was taken on a shoot commissioned by the Proctor family, Georgia. They invite me over periodically to photograph their estate or special occasions. I cut them a break on the cost as they're mostly good people. Freddie makes the best corn bread in the South (yes, I know that's quite a claim), so that helps.
I'm going over in a few weeks, so we'll see how that goes.
I made contact with my new mentee today. I called the home number provided to me by the organization. Unfortunately, the neglected to mention that the mother does not speak English. My Spanish, is...well...it's not good. So I race around to Martha's desk, thrusting a headset onto her head and saying "This is my mentee's family, they don't speak English...talk to them!".
After a conversation that seemed to go on for hours, the date was arranged, and I'll go see them tomorrow at 4pm. Wish me luck, I'm praying that the little guy speaks English, otherwise this is going to be very difficult!
