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Yesterday I’d planned on shooting self-portraits on a white background, for the blog and an accompanying article. Self-portraits out of necessity, not by choice which would’ve been...anyone else. But I ran into a problem: the Fujifilm Remote app is completely broken on iOS 14: it either hangs or crashes the camera with every other capture. I’d run into this problem a few weeks back, but figured it was a communication bug due to using a Lensbaby. A quick trip online showed I wasn’t alone with this problem, so hopefully it’ll get fixed sooner than later; although clearly, we’re already later. Anyway I scrapped that idea and moved on to something else. I could enlist Cynthia or the kids—and I may have to—but I feel increasingly self-conscious about asking them to “model” these days. Even impromptu images now seem intrusive, and I’m not sure why. Because the kids are getting older—I know this is a big part of it—but also because we’re all trapped here. The fleeting nature of these moments has been lost in a way. It’s infuriating. I still get this visceral urge to pick up a camera, almost to the point of burning, but then I hit a wall. I never thought I’d get here, contemplating the short end of a dry spell. It revolts me. It’s a failure of imagination. Or I’m too hard on myself. Thank goodness there are still brilliant pictures out there to feed the soul. And days, longer and brighter and warmer ahead. Some links for you :)
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