Re: photography in Nashville, Virginia, wherever

Judy,

Think about the coast along North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia.
Should get you a lot of
t-shirts, some nice coast line, nice islands, Savannah is kinda neat. A
number of the Southern states have licenses which allow you to carry concealed
weapons, so maybe you can get some T-Shirt shots with the bulge of a magnum
underneath. Sam or Sandy might be able to get you a Clemson Tiger Paw t-shirt. I
don't know if they license concealed cameras or not. I imagine it is a bit
hot in these states in July.

I saw some good t-shirts there like:
"I'm his other brother Bubba"
"Kudzu is a terrorist plot"
"Your Honor, if we get a divorce, does that mean we aren't brother and sister
anymore?"
"Gum Printers Motto : Expose It & Hose It"
on a hospital gown: "I'm a gum printer—I don't eat Orange Jell-O!"

For your Canon and short arms, how about an elastic neck strap for it? Just
don't hold it at arms length and then suddenly let go of it after taking a
shot, unless you are wearing a helmet with a face mask.

I may start at my sister's home in Connecticut this fall and drive the
coastline down to Florida. Though maybe I'll wait til after the election.

Mark Nelson
www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com

In a message dated 6/2/04 1:50:31 PM, jseigel@panix.com writes:

>
> Cor and Christina inspire me to ask the list -- I want to go SOUTH, that
> is south of New Jersey, to photograph probably in July (I'd prefer June
> but can't miss Gay Pride month in NYC)... but I want, um, how to say this
> without starting a riot -- well, I'm photographing T-shirts on people, and
> I already have all the "Good Bush/ Bad Bush" and other signs of blue state
> politics I can use.  I'm looking for the kind that say something about "my
> cold dead hands" or similar articles of truth.
>
> Experience in NYC suggests that both tourists & "natives" inhabit certain
> kinds of places and (in NYC anyway) walk between them. Nashville sounds
> like it might work... my problem being that I don't drive a car.
> Christina, is there a "center of town" ?  Besides the tourist attractions,
> malls are fine -- except they're usually out in the nether regions... (I
> am of course spoiled by NYC mass transit, and realize I've been living in
> an unreal world.... am I going to have to get a drivers license in my old
> age? Another option is bicycle, but I think it's hot in Tennessee in July,
> right?
>
> But Tennessee is sooooo far away.  Looking at the map, Virginia seems
> closer.  I know there's one city : Wheeling -- ooops I better check again,
> I think that's West Virginia.  Any suggestions about congested scenes in
> Virginia?
>
> And  about that blow to the head , Christina -- I can relate.  I am
> FINALLY getting past some of the hiccups with the Cannon Powershot G5. (I
> think it would be easier & quicker to learn to drive.)  But the viewing
> lens is a horror, and I find that when framing with the LCD monitor I want
> to hold it at arm's length -- but with the strap around my nexk there's
> not enough leeway. (and my arms are short.... maybe the same folks who
> planned the instruction manual planned the neck cord?)
>
> So you wrap it around your wrist -- I wouldn't tempt fate with that, not
> anticipating a blow in the head, but just some other how losing it.  Are
> there longer cords available, does anyone know?
>
> Thanks in advance for any/all advisories... more about the G5 in due
> course.
>
> Judy
>
Received on Wed Jun 2 13:52:31 2004