In 2005 I spent a year at Camp Humphries in Korea. By that point I’d been in the Air Force for 15 years, and I’d spent 15 years trying to avoid getting sent to Korea.
It’s was only about 2-3 weeks after I arrived that I looked in the mirror and asked myself: What was I thinking not wanting to come here?
I was there to forecast the weather, and sometimes had to work hard. But I’m pretty sure we also went down to “The Ville” just about about every evening.
I of course carried my camera almost everywhere I went. I was shooting with an almost new at the time Canon 20D, which usually had either a Tamron 28-75 F2.8 or the “Nifty-Fifty” F1.8 lens attached. I took thousands of pictures during that year. Some of my favorites were the ones that I chose at the time to process in Black & White. Those are the ones I’m sharing here.
These days I mostly take pictures of landscapes and wildlife. But apparently in 2005, I really enjoyed taking pictures of people … especially at the bar.
I don’t even mind the low-light camera shake and high ISO noise in almost all of these images. Kind of makes them feel really “authentic”.
Many of the images I captured were semi-discreet “street” style shots. But I also got some portraits of my workmates, where I’m pretty sure they were aware that my camera was pointed in their general direction anyway. 😎
Being the guy who was known for always having his “nice” camera with him, of course when it was time to get a group work photo, I was assigned the task.
There were other (more “serious”) shots, but for some reason this is the one I had converted to B&W. I brought in a tripod, set the 10 second timer, then sprinted (ha!) back to take my place in the group … can you guess which one is me?
Catch you next week,
My first thought is you're the guy lying on the ground, but also, you might be the guy in the back row closest to the helicopter.
Todd, I enjoy your stories and your pics so much.
I used to be the family photographer. Even though I don't have a creative bone in my body, I seemed to enjoy it more than anyone else. I only used whatever camera anybody was using at the time. So no sophistication at all. Just joy.