Well, I made my final edit from the Jersey trip.

110 sheets of film exposed. 75 fast scans for editing. 18 shots
made the final edit. Brutal.

I decided to leave out all the “scenics” , in fact I left out everything
I shot the first day…..when we were in the countryside, the exurbs
and the suburbs. Even though leaving those out seems to down-play
(in a way) one of the points of the trip, which was to follow the Passaic
from it’s source to it’s mouth.

So be it.

I never said I knew what I was doing. I did say I’d follow the river
and see what happened. Now I know.

I have no regrets about this trip even though we spent some time
barking up the wrong tree. The feeling I got from seeing the source
of the Passaic and following it through to it’s end was like nothing
I’ve felt before. And it’s not as though I’m unfamiliar with barking
up the wrong tree. I believe in process. Live and learn.

Anyway……I hope to exhibit some of these new Passaic photos,
the ones that made the final edit, during this year’s Festival X (the
ill-named Ottawa Photography Festival). And I’m sure I’ll post some
of them here on drool next week.

In the meantime, some out takes from the trip……not that I don’t
feel tender about some of these shots. In fact a few of them might
be better than some that made the final cut. It’s just that, when
editing, you’ve got to take the feel and flow into consideration.
Some of these ones here might feel kinda right but just didn’t flow
in the final sequence. They added confusion instead if clarity. A
few of them are the “B” shots from when I shot 2 or 3 frames of
a person.

Here you go:

L’UNIVERS LACROIX

There’s a show up at The Red Wall Gallery, at SPAO: L’Univers Lacroix.
Student’s take on fashion fotography. Kind of a mixed bag but there are
enough interesting shots on the wall that make a trip to see it worthwhile.
Go see for yourself.

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This is the 100th drool post.