urban ku # 94 ~ ad infinitum
Friday, August 10, 2007 at 09:45AM 
A wave • click to embiggenPicturing a wave in motion is hardly a new/novel idea. However, this triptych has given me an idea for a self-contained one-day project.
Next summer, weather and a few other things being favorable, I would like to return to the south Jersey Shore primarily for the purpose of picturing. The area is ripe with picture possibilities if for no other reason than the quality of light that is characteristic of the ocean shore - a characteristic that Joel Meyerowitz used to stunning advantage in his Cape Light project/book - a book that should be in any serious landscape photography collection.
Light is not the only reason I want to picture the south Jersey Shore. Things, the way they used to be, are disappearing at a rate and on a scale that is staggering. I would like to bear witness to the transition.
But, that is not the one-day project that I have in mind. I would like to set up my camera, secure inside a plastic baggie, and my tripod, legs wrapped in plastic bags, in a position roughly similar to the one pictured here. Starting in the pre-dawn light and ending in the last glow of daylight, picture a 3-wave sequence every hour upon the hour.
With sunrise/sunset times this time of year, that should result in 18 3-picture sequences. I envision them presented as 6×6 inch images, 1 sequence per 8×22 inch print and then mounted altogether, 6w x 3h, on 3×12 ft. white board under plexi.
Reader Comments (6)
would the show have audio? ooh...you could also lightly mist the walls with suntan lotion to give it that beach smell too! OK enough smartass comments.
I like the idea...as Borat would say "very nice".
and I must say that the e-510 handles light much better than my e-300... I may have to borrow it again and shoot a scene side by side with mine...because it seems that my demo derby pano shot into the bright steaming hot sun (with the 510) would have been way more overexposed than the results of your camera...or maybe our camera settings are different??? I'll have to test them.
Sounds like a great project. I like the idea of the old scratch and sniff. The smells of the beach is wonderful idea to go along with the images. I wonder if they make an air freshener that smells like the beach. An old Sienfeld show had Kramer making a beach scented cologne.
you will be miserable with your legs wrapped in plastic as the day gets hotter.
Depending on the tide situation , you may have to move quite a bit from your original position, I would think. Perhaps as much as 50' or so? Tim
I laughed out loud reading "the wife" comment.Me thinks we are married to similar wives -- we get away with little or more likely nothing. Even our musing on our blogs fall under their dome of observation....and dare I say, control. However, I should say that my wife's oversight has been far more helpful than a henderance. Bless'm all.
P'taker