2024 09 21
Street photography is hard. It’s been on my to do list all year to get myself downtown to make some street photos. Instead, I’ve settled for a few organic moments which came to me, while listing reasons why I’m unable to get to the street photos. I need a new camera is the main reason. Sure, I don’t really need a new camera, but much like why I no longer go to music festivals, once you get a peek at the good life (VIP access, photo pits, free tickets, free drinks, etc), it’s hard to go back to slumming it as a normal person. My Ricoh sensor is fucked so can’t shoot beyond f2.8. My Canons are too bulky for street. My Nikon FM2 might work but film is expensive and I haven’t really used the thing in twenty years. My iPhone would work but you can’t be a professional using a phone to make photos.
Anyway.
It’s still on the list of things I’ll get to. Or maybe it’s best I don’t?
Partly why I haven’t gotten around to it is my personal life has been busy. While our wedding was a week ago now, I’m still having stress dreams about the wedding. Weirdly, while the event has come and gone, it all still feels like a blur of time; like it is still something to look forward to and not an event which has already happened which I should be posting a recap about instead of blogging about street photography.
Maybe I’ll get back to the street photography. Or maybe I’ll get the house back in order so we can feel like normal people again. Maybe there’s still time to make it to Riot Fest this weekend, after all.
-Clayton
Setting up a tent. Chicago, Illinois. July, 2024. © Clayton Hauck
Street photography is hard. It’s been on my to do list all year to get myself downtown to make some street photos. Instead, I’ve settled for a few organic moments which came to me, while listing reasons why I’m unable to get to the street photos. I need a new camera is the main reason. Sure, I don’t really need a new camera, but much like why I no longer go to music festivals, once you get a peek at the good life (VIP access, photo pits, free tickets, free drinks, etc), it’s hard to go back to slumming it as a normal person. My Ricoh sensor is fucked so can’t shoot beyond f2.8. My Canons are too bulky for street. My Nikon FM2 might work but film is expensive and I haven’t really used the thing in twenty years. My iPhone would work but you can’t be a professional using a phone to make photos.
Anyway.
It’s still on the list of things I’ll get to. Or maybe it’s best I don’t?
Partly why I haven’t gotten around to it is my personal life has been busy. While our wedding was a week ago now, I’m still having stress dreams about the wedding. Weirdly, while the event has come and gone, it all still feels like a blur of time; like it is still something to look forward to and not an event which has already happened which I should be posting a recap about instead of blogging about street photography.
Maybe I’ll get back to the street photography. Or maybe I’ll get the house back in order so we can feel like normal people again. Maybe there’s still time to make it to Riot Fest this weekend, after all.
-Clayton