Damnit it so much, I wish I MEANT to take this photograph
This is NOT a great photograph, but it’s good. It conveys a nice sense of motion, there is something about his demeanor that tells you is in a hurry to get one from one place to next, it says a little something about life in New York City. It just feels right. Not a gallery work, nothing to sell, just a “good” photo. (You are welcome to disagree with me, I can handle it.) The problem is, I didn’t intend to take this photo. Walking to work this morning, I was having some mechanical difficulty with my camera…frankly it is nearing the end of its shutter life and I was trying to coax it back into working properly. (And don’t think I am not scared to death over this.) I just pressed the shutter more or less at random and manage, by accident to take a “good” photo.
There are days, many days, I go out trying to take a good photo and come home with nothing. Then there are days when I take on by accident. I don’t like this, it makes me feel as though I am just monkey pushing a button hoping to get lucky. Yet, I also need to learn to accept the things I cannot change (thanks Friends of Bill for the philosophy, I am going to keep drinking but I am happy to learn to accept the unchangeable.) You can drive yourself nuts trying to fix the unfixable, or learn to shrug and move on, Tomorrow might be a better day, or worse, just deal with it when you arrive.
Still bugs me though.