Project 365 - Day 4

Why I Do What I Do

I like this image considerably less than the others.  My original plan was to go to the local airport (believe it or not, this l'il podunk town has a working airport...a teeny-tiny wee-little thing, but an airport nonetheless) and try to capture the flares of the landing strip lights: a linear arrangement of variously colored lights in what is essentially a strip in the middle of a bean field in near-blackout conditions...mmmmmm.  I've wanted to get this shot for a couple of years now, but it was just one of those things I hadn't yet made time for.

So...beautifully crisp fall night, 11PM, gear packed and ready, boots on, so out the door I went.  And when I got to the airport: lights out.  NO lights!  For the first time in the 8 years I've driven by that image and the lights are OUT-OUT-OUT!  A photography-specific WTF mo' for me.

But I still needed to get a shot, but didn't want another moody-door/spooky light shot, so had to do something indoors....  Lighting: horrid, photographically speaking.  But this tile...my wife found it in this great out of the way art shop in the Broadripple district of Indianapolis a couple of years ago and it's held a proud place on our mantle ever since.  It's a simple shot of a simple piece, but not what I wanted.  Still, I like what it says.

But I wants my airport shot!  And yes...I AM stamping me feetsies.

Lesson: MAKE time for the shots you want because they may not be there when it's more convenient.