Mar 15 2009
photography with a friend
The Salton Sea trip was triggered by great desert spring weather and a blog post by John Paul Caponigro where he shared his enjoyment with shooting with Vincent Versace.
I’ve done this before with my friend Josh Mitchell – most recently as we were chasing a snow storm in the high desert.
Josh after we were turned back by a snow storm in Yucca Valley
Not only do we end up shooting in very different directions in the same location we respect each other’s signature work and serve as scouts for each other. At the Salton Sea my traveling partner Martin Trailer, not surprisingly has a thing for old trailers. I left him to shoot his decaying Airstream at Bombay Beach and went for the afterglow at the ruins of a old dock.
I went for the dock and Martin went for the trailer
The astute viewers will notice that there is some mystery light on the pier posts. They came from a truck turning around during my long exposure.
Mark Harmel
harmelphoto.com
i really enjoy the smart writing and of course the wonderful photos that do express
what you are saying in this brief essay.
(astute viewer is always a compliment and of course the viewer will look again for the pier lights. Serve as scouts is a great line with sing song alliteration all thru it,ha.
and we do. now teach me again how to have these blogs on the josh site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!