Finally, I’m getting to this post, something I’ve been putting off for months.
A Twitter friend recommended a photo book called Drive-By Shootings. It’s by a New York cabbie named David Bradford. While I enjoyed the photos in the book, the accompanying text was not to my liking, but this isn’t about reviewing the book. This is about my similar, ongoing project.
A couple of years ago, I bought a Fuji ZoomDate 35mm camera at a flea market shop in Hermosa Beach. The little point and shoot cost me $5. Since then, I’ve carried it in the glove box of my Jeep along with a couple of rolls of film. The purpose is to have a 35mm camera that is autofocus, has a zoom and is as simple to use as possible. Something I can use while driving or riding around in Los Angeles.
I am, the majority of the time, the designated driver. So, almost all of the photos are from the driver’s seat point of view. Most have been shot while stopped in traffic, or at a light, but not always. That’s the beauty of a point and shoot. This is as close as it get’s for me to the spray and pray method of photography and I’ve made a lot of crap photos.
I’m starting the L.A. Drive By posts with recently shot rolls. This is out of laziness more than anything. I would have to dig through dozens of old rolls, not all of them scanned, if I started at the beginning. I’ll get to it, but it’s not a priority at the moment.
This roll was shot over a weekend where Becki and I went to breakfast in Malibu and then ventured into Hollywood to buy film at Freestyle Photo.
