Halloween 2005

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"Halloween is the one day of the year I can dress up as a zombie with a ripped-out throat and facial exit wound, walk into any bar or restaurant <i>outside</i> of the East Village, place an order, and have nobody say shit to me other than "that costume totally rocks, dude." — JAC
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Halloween 31 October 2005
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6th Avenue from Spring Street to 20th Street
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Manhattan, NYC
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It turned out that my new ultra-fancy Metz flash—the battery door for my previous unit fell off at Cargo Cult (lesson: don\'t buy Canon gear) and the only way to buy a new door is with a new flash—wasn\'t totally compatible with my trusty 35mm Canon T70. As a result, many of the film shots were <i>way</i> underexposed. Then the photo lab\'s scanner balked at scanning nine rolls of film, because some shots were too dark, often eating half a shot so I had to piece them back together manually. The digitals came out ok, though. I salvaged what I could from the film shots in post, so be patient with those a trifle dark or grainy because of the processing I had to do.
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Aside from not shooting with a new flash I don\'t know well (test shots looked ok!), I also learned another important lesson on Halloween: liquid latex sticks to sideburns <i>amazingly</i> well. <i>Oweeeee</i>! Next time I\'ll put on my exit wound with more care.
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