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09/19/2003 Entry: "I'll never be a photojournalist"

I guess photojournalism is one career path I'll never wander down. It would have been simple enough to pack up some photo toys and wander down to the harbor area to take in the rising water and grab some interesting shots of the destruction brought to town by the storm. Maybe I should have gone down. As maggie said, maybe the insurance companies would like to see some alt-process damage inventory photos.

I didn't, though. There's already enough coverage of the situation by the local news folks, there are way too many ignorant yahoos gawking and getting in the way of rescue efforts, and the last thing I'd want to see if my house was flooded out would be some joker with a view camera and pretensions of "making art" out of my misery.

I did spend some time finally getting some smaller alt-process works matted, mounted and wrapped for delivery to Angelfall Studios. I'll be dropping them off tomorrow after a few hours of playing scanner slave, so if you want a chance to pick up some affordable alt-process photography, swing by the gallery at 2936 Remington Avenue.

I also did some selenium toning of the prints from my last two darkroom play periods. I'm really loving the wonderful color shift that the Forte Polywarmtone yields with an extended toning time. The cold grays and blacks went to a rich maroon/brown with an incredible warm feeling. Slightly less time can give a rich dark brown, which worked well for a pinhole shot of the Civil War re-enactment last Spring. I'll have to sneak them into the darkroom for one more quick wash and a drying session on the flat screens. My homegrown string and clothespin deal just lets them curl too much.