Sausalito Vibes and Content Drift

Occidental on Purpose

Since September, I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home and really started to drift, intellectually speaking.

Some of the travel was personal, some was professional but it all contributed a sense of being untethered.

Throw in a time change and unsettling national events and it seems natural to question the ways we live and grow and communicate with one another.

Through it all I’ve been fortunate to have a patient and loving partner and my camera and editing software.

This isn’t going to be a deep, thoughtful post where I work through some big thoughts on my mind. I’m keeping track of those and intend to get them on virtual paper when the mood strikes.

Today I’m just going to touch on one small element of my photography that was occupying my mind in recent days.

Sharpness. Clarity. Focus. Whatever you want to call it. You know a tack sharp image when you see one. And lately I haven’t been seeing it enough in my own work for my taste.

I realize sharpness isn’t everything and people have made tons of great images without it. This isn’t me looking for a debate. It’s just me wanting to be more aware of how to achieve it in all kinds of conditions so it can be there when I want to access it.

Which brings me to Sausalito. Spent the last day of extended time off work walking around this seaside town chatting with my partner and making some images.

With sharpness on my mind I paid close attention to keeping my shutter speeds higher than usual and making other adjustments to compensate – like knowing when to shoot without an ND filter.

Feel free to browse the images below and tell me what you think I did right and where I could improve.

Or skip down to the comments and talk about whatever you want. Drifting, unsettling national events, creativity, photography, art, commerce, books you like or whatever else is on your mind. I’d love to hear from you.

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