Too cool for school

Sunglasses, to me, serve more than just the practical purpose of preventing me from being blinded by sunlight (especially whilst driving, hence the tinted yellow as opposed to black). They also act as a defence mechanism, providing me with a barrier between me and the world, the physical helps me step outside the throng and takes me from being in the midst of the madness to cool observer of the human condition.

Similar to looking at the world through a camera lens, reality becomes a sequence of moving pictures, and it is from this standpoint that I feel most at ease - removed of passion, the analytical side of my mind is free to roam as it chooses.

Then the glasses come down, the camera is turned off, and I’m in amongst the madness again.

Photography lessons learnt today:

1. Always shoot in colour - that way you can have the photo in both colour and black and qhite if you want

2. Make sure all camera settings are correct - don’t be an idiot like me and forget that you had the camera on iso 800 from a night shoot the previous evening, which will consequently make your images ridiculously noisy. Grr.