64/365: Happy Birthday Kun.

Kun had a birthday. We ate Thai food. A merry time was had by all. Shot 350 pictures over the course of the night. Plenty of keepers for photo albums and fond memories...but for a 365 project, how do you choose? I cruised around the country south of Carrboro looking for a shot...nothing. Went to graveyard in Durham, snapped a few shots, but wasn't feeling it. Nearly wrecked the car trying to drive and shoot the last light of sunset on the trees and buildings I was passing...nothing worth a damn. Got lots of shots at dinner, candids, cakes, and empty plates. Kept that up at the bar after dinner, and let the camera get passed around. My friends took better pictures than I did.

It was easier in the first month, when I set out to take one picture each day, with intention. Set up the lights, go through the whole process to get one shot of whatever I had dreamed up, even if that actually meant 50 pictures of testing and tweaking. The Decisive Moment is harder to come by, harder to capture. Black and White isn't a challenge in itself, but the broadness of the parameter is. I have to GO OUT into the WORLD to find interesting things. And then, a night of plenty. Plenty of fun shots. But only one can be The Posted. What do you go with? The Decisive Moment. The Crux of the Biscuit. Happy Birthday, Kun.