Right here is the kind of silliness that helped warm up the shoot, get my brain to a place where I could start seeing the Good shots.
My little Sony, purchased two years ago for a trip to Portland, has continued to justify its own existence.
I was concerned, at first. Bought it on a whim, I was flush with cash, about to embark on several small trips around the country, felt like a smart toy.
Then I got to Portland's Japanese gardens and had a crisis of confidence. "Where does this fit! What's it even for!" My girlfriend nodded calmly, let me work it out. Took the better part of the day to answer my own questions.
With a big digital, an iPhone, three different film cameras...what use is a small digital? What can it do that the others can't?
This. It's got a view screen that can flip around, face its subject. I can adjust it so it's set up like a TLR, I can shoot from way down below, I can shoot from up high, I can position the camera in ways and places that would be incredibly uncomfortable with other cameras.
It's not for getting the best shot, it's for getting a weird one...which is often what I need to see when I'm getting ready to make some art.
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