Predictably Not Quite Failing

Sunday February 07 14:25

Since the *winter holidays here in Los Angeles, which is a strange thing for an East Coast boy, especially as I hear reports of epic dumps of man-killing snow in New York City, my favorite photography spot has been the recently opened Venice Beach Skate Park and the equally awesome Venice Skatepark. I’m not a skater, nor a Sk8r, nor a photographer inclined to action-y things, but being in the mix, under threat of kicked out boards and lawless aerials

Sunday January 03, 16.09.24

Saturday January 23 18:23

Saturday January 30 14:52

makes the park an invigorating and challenging photography playground — and quite addictive.

I don’t want to attempt a rough-shod bit of metaphor-stretching — or at least not too much — to try and rationalize sharing this *non sequitur of a post, except to say that, as pertains the last photo, I have been obsessed with these moments when something tried..fails. The failure has this curious, no-fear character to it. Trying the thing that seems impossible, over and over again. Getting closer, or moving away from the original idea and into something else, &c. It’s never a failure out right, at least as I see it through a viewfinder. There’s always something quite lovely about the moment when the board stays where it is, and the skater goes somewhere else.

Why do I blog this? *shrug.

3 thoughts on “Predictably Not Quite Failing”

  1. Hi julian,

    It is very amazing your pictures and the quality are very impressive. Please, can you tell me what is the model of your camera?

    Thanks and regards

    1. Thank you for the compliment! I shoot with a variety of Nikon DSLRs and occasional an N90s with film. These are probably mostly a D3s.

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