On the Point | Yashica T4, Kodak portra 400

One Picture/One Paragraph

We call this place the Point, as in Let’s walk around the Point, meaning the tip of the peninsula of the small town of Colonial Beach. Where I am from. When my sister got married on the pier in front of our family restaurant, we all drove around the point honking horns and waving. My niece waits tables at the Dockside restaurant at the marina on the Point. And when my mother died, she rode in the hearse around the point one last time. Most every town has its traditions and special places, this is ours.

I am learning huge lessons about how to see. It’s a kind of sensitivity training to look at life through different lenses, a way to shine light on what I need to see. These pictures were taken with two film cameras: a Pentax K-1000 35mm and a Yashica T4 point-and-shoot. No fancy gear. No swapping out lenses. No golden hour light. Just a January day warm enough to go outside without freezing. A walk around the place that feels most like home to me. Time to reflect on the many ways and many times I’ve changed my mind.

more practice with the Sigma 1.4 35 mm lens . . .
happy for these ordinary days when life hums with the rhythms of routine
there will time for excitement and adventure just ahead
for now, it’s enough to take a drive and stand in the cold and wind for a few minutes
taking these pictures— bits and pieces of my whole life