8/21 Back to Basics

Picture Taken August 21st 2010

With my 35mm manual back in hand, I'm back in the swing of things. This is the first place that came to mind when I loaded film in my Minolta. The first picture I ever took with that old camera is of this very same tree. Although the pictures have the same subject, the two are very different. I took the first in the winter of 2009, it was a cloudy day, I used black and white film, but most important of all the tree had branches. I'm not sure why the branches of this old tree had to be cut off. I remember hiding in their shade many summers ago after running, and laying under the tree listening to friends play guitar. This picture is almost ironic. Everything around the tree is alive and green, but the subject, focus, and beauty of the picture is dying and will probably soon be gone.