Sunday, October 27, 2024

More to the Point

North Beach #1

North Beach #2

I’m knocking out these words as I shuffle between setting up a new computer, prepare to spend the weekend in Santa Fe celebrating the Harvey House railroad hotels, and writing my article for the November-December issue of Shadow and Light. It’s due Wednesday and I haven't really started. The easy way out for the blog and the article is to wrap up my California Coast photo safari with a last nod to the Point Reye National Seashore. Smiley Face. The other choice is to weave together stories of First Encounters, those fleeting yet amazing moments when I’ve met someone at the side of the road, in the middle of nowhere or in a dive bar and have said adios a few minutes later knowing the most important things in their life. To date I have dozen or so if I don’t bend the rule. The rule being that it’s a first and only encounter. I’d have dozens more if I were more in the moment, listened better and thought to photograph my subject when I had the chance. As recently as last Thursday I had my old computer cloned. It took two visits. In the visit to pick-up the old and new machines I learned the arc of the repair dude’s life. But it didn’t occur to me to get his picture. Does it count If I go back to the shop to get his photograph?

North Beach #3

North Beach #4

And speaking of magazine articles, First Encounters will be the subject of the Shadow and Light article. That’s the working title. Other contenders are Encounters of the First Kind, Fast Friends, Snap Shots, First Takes, First Impressions, blah blah.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody here are four shots of Point Reyes’ North Beach on my last day on the coast. Mr. Easy Way Out that’s me.

Parallel horizons and surf. Check. Birds, too.

1 comment:

Blacks Crossing said...

Love the ongoing dose of ocean shots in your blog. Good luck with the Shadow and Light article and setting up your new computer, which may just blow you away when the electrons settle. Thanks for the blog.