Island Bikini

Tag: black and white

  • The Fountain Shot

    Ashley Breed. Late ’80s. Somewhere near Alta Arden and Bell, back when the Jaguar dealership was still around. Yashica 635, Kodak TMX 100.

    I was still figuring it out.

    Everything I shot back then was copied — poses, lighting, attitude. I saw someone pull down sunglasses in a magazine ad and thought, yeah, that looks cool, so I asked Ashley to do it.

    I’m pretty sure this was taken with my Yashica 635, and I used TMX 100 film—no light meter. No bounce. Just on-camera flash and whatever the sun was doing behind me. Even my horizon was crooked!

    We were standing in a public fountain on a random afternoon. No permits, no plan. Just an idea and a roll of film.

  • The First One

    Sacramento River, late ’80s. Kodak TMX 100. Maybe a Bronica. Maybe the start of something.

     

    We didn’t call it a shoot. We just wanted to make something before the light was gone.

    It wasn’t posed. It wasn’t planned.

    There’s a reflector sneaking in from the edge — we left it in.

    I don’t remember the camera. Just that it wasn’t mine.

    But I remember the moment. That counts for more.