The image to the right was taken in a place called Marrington Plantation, which was actually a park area on the Naval Weapons Station. Wanda and I spent quite a bit of time shooting on the plantation, as it was conveniently close to our home, and we would often bike there during the week for a picnic and a photo shoot. During the week the place was essentially deserted and we could wander around the grounds for hours without running into anyone else. We were almost surprised once by a group of young boys out riding their bikes, but they didn't see us and we were shooting clothed shots at the time anyway. We had a bit of laugh about that inciddent.
During this time, I experimented with black & white film quite a bit, but I finally determined that I really preferred color images. B&W is great for composition and tone, but I just prefer the pop of color. The image above was taken with a Canon AT-1 manual focus, manual exposure camera and a Vivitar 70-210 Series 1 zoom on Tri-X film. It's a scan from a print, rather from the negative, but a decent image all the same.
We've always played around a lot with our photography and had fun shooting in interesting places. This sign warned visitors to Marrington that there were dangerous alligator's in Mark's Pond - so we just had to take this shot. We also did a shoot with Wanda in hose, heels, and lace lingerie at the edge of the pond. Strangely enough, we never saw any 'gators while we were there.
I have many more images from Marrington and from those days in Charleston, so I'm sure a few more will pop up now and again in this blog.
