December 06, 2003
the bridge zakim
In order to catch one of these, you have to be passenger in a car, with a fairly clean windshield, that is stuck in traffic in exactly the right spot . In addition, you have to have been willing to drag your camera with you to a night on the town, so that, if you should get stuck in that perfect spot, you are not kicking yourself for not having your camera. This is probably another picture category. Catching the moment that you know is possible in advance, but may not materialize. A little set up, a little fortuitous.
Come to think of it, you could probably catch one of these if you had access to a helicopter. I just googled the Zakim Bridge. There are a number of photographers who seem to have walked across the bridge, and, on the way, lay (laid?) on their backs in the middle of the highway to shoot. There's nothing like a bright blue sky to set off those white cables, and nothing like no traffic either.
Someday I will publish all the blurry white lines, the rearview mirror on tinted windshield pictures I have taken while trying for something cuter.
Posted by Dakota at December 6, 2003 07:50 AM