Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Black Cat Liberator vs. the H-Bomb



I did four portraits yesterday with the Black Cat Liberator and some extinct Fuji instant film.  They no longer make instant film for 4x5 cameras.  I just needed to see right away if I still knew how to use the camera.  Within a couple shots, I was back in the saddle.  In the next few days, I will experiment with different films and developers.  After that, I will try to "take to the streets."

I'm trying kids.  I'm really trying.

North Korea detonated an H-bomb.  I read that online today.  It was like a throwback to my childhood.  Time to "duck and cover."  I haven't even seen "H-bomb" in years.  It sounds like a junior version of a nuclear weapon.  I know it is a step above an "atomic bomb," but I really don't understand the differences.  Years ago, my band was "famous" for the song "Neutron Bomb."  Part of the lyrics went, "The people die, but the buildings they stay," so I know something about that.  We were not great poets and had to throw in "they" to get the meter right, but it is redundant.  "Neutron bomb, everybody wants one."

I shouldn't kid about it, and of course this is only black humor.  Things seem to get worse every day no matter how many new digital toys we get.  But there is nothing I can say that will dissipate greed.  I can only be a camera.


2 comments:

  1. That dude resembles a better looking Ben Roethlisberger.

    I can't believe how stiff a body can get in two weeks. But That Yoga - despite all the Liberal hype - that shit kicks ass don't it? Yoga and more of that "clean eating" stuff for me this month. Yup.

    Hannah had her wisdom teeth taken out yesterday - 4. I recorded her coming out of the anesthesia. I laughed so hard I cried. She said, among other things, "This is the best day of my life. It's fabulous. I want to do this again. I feel like I'm in another Universe, Xenon." She has no recollection of any of it.

    Drugs. Don't anyone tell me they can't help a persons outlook. :/



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  2. Yes indeed, when reality bites what other logical choice is there?

    Nice photo!

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