This is Pete's truck at Camp Roberts near Paso Robles the first year he took it down there. I had seen him park the truck here the evening before and thought it would be perfect in the early morning light so I got up early before anyone else and took a few shots of it.
A couple of months ago I went to Seattle but I never got around to getting the film developed. This is one of the things that I really like about film as opposed to digital photography. I miss the sense of discovery that you have when you find an undeveloped roll(s) of film and you finally drop it off, not knowing what is on there, if anything at all. Most of the time it's nothing and you realize why you didn't ever drop it off in the first place and then other times you are richly rewarded as I was with this image from Seattle.
Santa Cruz is one of my favorite places. I have so many great memories there, and this is by far one of the best.
With so much of photography going digital with all the bells and whistles, it's nice to slow down now and again and enjoy the simpler things. No batteries to drain, no memory cards to corrupt, no meter, no autofocus, no instant gratification and best of all no one cares to ask about your crappy little camera.
Is she behind the fence or in front of the fence? This made me think about point of view. How do we see the world around us? Do we see others as behind the fence or do we see ourselves as behind the fence or does it change depending on one's circumstances at this exact moment in their life?
