I was in the Magnolia State recently. I took some pictures. Continue reading ‘Mississippi, Goddamn!’
Monthly Archive for March, 2008
I was having lunch yesterday afternoon at the Orleans Cafe and overheard the conversation of the four women next to me. They were talking about stuff that they would do for a million dollars. Nothing raunchy, more like things they would or would not eat. Someone brought up snakes. Specifically, one had seen a show on the food network or the travel channel where a cobra had been killed then served to some host. Most admitted that they would eat a cobra from a million bucks. Most, but not all of the women.
One was adamant about not eating the snake. The others were confused. I thought it might be some kind of paranoia. Nope. “A snake is the devil,” she said. “I don’t want the devil inside of me.”
Now that I finally have all of the images posted, and rearranged a bit, you can see all of them here. The new ones are the Feb. 20 and 22 performances. And there seems to be an issue with some browsers and linking directly to specific images at the moment, so direct links to images aren’t working . . . sorry.
By popular demand (and popular demand just means more than three here at Vindauga). . . here are my shots from the parade yesterday. Continue reading ‘St. Pat’s 2008′
I hung around Cups in Fondren this morning until Chelsea made her appearance, you can see all the photos at Light and Glass.
Jerri and I, and numerous others, went to the Barack Obama rally at Jackson State University (slightly west of downtown Jackson, Mississippi) tonight. I was fortunate enough to receive press credentials and was therefore able to get a few good photos during the event. They are all available at Light and Glass. Currently the photos are unedited and there are 438 images, but over the next few days I will edit the album down.
I was very excited about this image when I first showed it to Jerri for her opinion (an essential part of my process, despite the fact that I don’t always listen). She told me she liked it, and then . . . “people will probably just think you did it digitally though.” Thus one of the most under-reported problems with the age of digital imaging rears its ugly head again. You can be Jerry Ulesman in the darkroom, and if you do something absolutely amazing, but it looks like something that could have been done in photoshop, no one cares. (I am not trying to imply my image is amazing.) The default has become assuming the image is altered; if it looks too anything to be true, assume photoshop. Continue reading ‘New Ideas, or Re-working Old Ideas’