Quick from the hip

I find myself relying more and more on cell phones and point & shoot cameras. And you know what? I’m absolutely comfortable with that. Candidness easily trumps immaculate quality.

I’ve had this discussion with other photographers; budget reductions at newspapers throughout the country have resulted in cameras 4, 5, even 6-years-old still being used. While annoying, it may actually make us better photographer in the end. Megapixels and insane light sensitivity aren’t everything. I’m more than that.

There are times that I pass something and do an immediate double-take. A coffee walk with a friend, this man sitting outside smoking and soaking up the sun. We pass him by 30 feet... and I can go no further. My face betrays my pain and I don't need to say anything more. We double back, this time as I carefully aim my cell phone at him from my hip.
There's magic before 7 a.m., shared with no one. This is the roof of my car; I go to work far too early.

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