In an age in which privacy is important we have come to appreciate mannequins. Mannequin Photo Workshop coming soon!!! (Not really....).

 

I reinterpreted my doctor's orders and did a long walk. I took a camera with me. I took my black and white sentiment with me as well. I am wearing an old pair of pants that always fit me perfectly. They still do but now they have spots and splashes of green paint that won't wash out and around the bottom of the trouser legs is some discoloration caused by mishandled bleach. I just couldn't bear to throw the pants out because they fit so well. So comfortable. I've incorporated them into my "street photography uniform" since they seem... worker-esque now. An old, long sleeve t-shirt on top. Some scuffed Birkenstocks on the bottom and I'm good to go. The walk was very productive. So far it's generated images for four blog posts. Amazing what one can accomplish in an hour or so of walking, looking and not worrying about...anything. 

Hey, if you want to see an interesting, current, black and white movie you might be interested in: 

Nouvelle Vague. It's a movie by Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Boyhood, etc.) and it's a fictional look at the making of French director, Jean-Luc Goddard's breakthrough, trendsetting 1960s movie, Breathless. Breathless was a movie that changed cinema in a profound way. Handheld camera, black and white, nearly square format, no real script, gorgeous stars. Everything. And Linklater does a masterful job of getting the feel of the older movie reimagining just right. Absolutely just right. 

Admission: I have a copy of "Breathless" in my library. Love every second of it. 

The new movie, Nouvelle Vague just dropped on Netflix. Watch it as many times are you want. A warning for those living in red states: It's mostly in French (a foreign language) and it is subtitled. To get the full value of the movie you need to be able to read.... or understand spoken French.

On to the mannequins... >

Virtual mannequins .

See the reflection on the top right of the mannequin's head?

I used the reflection removal tool in Lightroom on a similar image below

 and with one click removed the entire refection. 

It's seems to have worked flawlessly...

Reflection on head totally erased and replaced with the underlying image.

Loving the Grateful Dead t-shirt.

And the vague attempt at making the glasses fit.

A critic who is unamused. 

A committee meeting at the East Window. 

We will not be at war with Switzerland!

Hurray. 

I'm sure you've been Breathlessly awaiting an update on my medical progress. All good here. Family and staff changing bandages. The sutures look fabulous and will no doubt generate many tall tales about bar room knife fights when I take my shirt off for swim practice. Everything is healing nicely. My GP inspected the work of the specialist and gave his two thumbs up. Guarded optimism everywhere. 

Lots of time to blog. With an edge. Buyers beware. (for the snooty amongst us: Caveat Emptor!).