October 3, 2010; Hermosa Beach Strand: This image was taken as a homework assignment. The assignment was to take an image that illustrates the following quote:
"Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not at all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson
Cartier-Bresson was a master at street photography, and excelled in capturing 'the moment' in very well composed images. He worked in black and white. To attempt to capture an image in his style, I went 'hunting' with tripod and camera on the evening of October 3, and sat at this spot for almost one hour. I took 30+ images, and liked this one the best. Since I disagree with his quote in that I do care what happens after image capture, I processed this one to get a nice range of tones. The image was already noisy, having been taken at ISO 1600, but to enhance the grittiness of the night shot I added a bit more noise of my own.
The ghostly light is my favorite. Halloween-y indeed.
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