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Westport

July 6th, 2009

We must escape the rush of the city and flee west, where the ocean kisses the shore with both caress & crash. The city gives us life; its heartbeat pulsing along with our own, and yet it is not all-sustaining. Drive. Drive. Around the Puget Sound to Mother Pacific. Other vehicles on the highway attempt to stop us from continuing, but we will not be deterred. If we must inch along, we must inch along.

A two-bedroom house for 10 people is plenty big, for sleep is not of the highest priority. Beach, fires and works of fire, surfing and skimming, warm Washington days and cool Washington nights, eating and drinking, stories told and stories written, expired film and cameras with sensors capture what was and tell the stories where words fall far too short.

Me, at the end of a long day

Stuart took that one

Stuart, master of bocci

Jay & Shannon

Will & Pansy the Kite

The Almost Stringers

Heather took those

Heather on attempt #1

Jay & Dave

Selena & Will

Morgan & Heather

Me & Shannon

Steve & Stuart

26 Responses to “Westport”

  1. Kj @ July 6th, 2009 at 1:49 am:

    wow

  2. Kj @ July 6th, 2009 at 1:50 am:

    (that wow wasn’t ironic, btw)

  3. Sharolyn @ July 6th, 2009 at 4:03 am:

    i especially love the kite photos – are you allowed to tell me on what kind of camera this was taken and any effects that were added?

  4. Ian P. Hines @ July 6th, 2009 at 5:44 am:

    The portraits are fantastic.

  5. Jeff @ July 6th, 2009 at 8:36 am:

    ohhh… these are great. stuart_selena_will_fireworks_stare.jpg is my favorite. You know my affinity toward late night long exposures.

  6. Phil Coffman @ July 6th, 2009 at 8:48 am:

    So very well documented.

  7. Melinda @ July 6th, 2009 at 11:39 am:

    What a great weekend! I too love the watching the fireworks shots. The lighting is fabulous.

  8. Tos @ July 6th, 2009 at 11:53 am:

    brilliant

  9. phil @ July 6th, 2009 at 12:33 pm:

    ahhhh. great people, great shots. thanks for sharing a snippet of the experience!

  10. Jarrod @ July 6th, 2009 at 12:38 pm:

    Will and Pansy the kite. Brilliant.

    That looks like a fantastic weekend. Missed are many of those people.

  11. Emily @ July 6th, 2009 at 12:57 pm:

    Joshua, I love this. So much. Please don’t stop.

  12. katie @ July 6th, 2009 at 1:54 pm:

    rad. good story.

  13. Courtney @ July 6th, 2009 at 3:53 pm:

    I repeatedly come back to this site throughout the day just to look at the pictures again and again.

    I know you use Walgreen’s to process film. I bought an old Minolta off of Craigslist and shot a roll of film on cheap Walgreen’s brand film. They turned out terribly. They were all out of focus and fuzzy, but not in a good way. When I shot, all my pictures were in focus, or so it seemed. Do you think it was the camera, the film, my shaky hand, or maybe I need glasses? Any advice for what I should do to see if that camera or not?

  14. Dave @ July 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm:

    Awesome writing and awesome photos. How do you get that vignette? As seen on the kite photos.

  15. Joshua Longbrake @ July 6th, 2009 at 6:08 pm:

    Dave: The film I was using was expired, and the vignette came naturally, as it were.

    Courtney: I emailed you a few thoughts on what the problem might be.

    Sharolyn: I used a Canon AE-1 with Kodak ISO200 film & a Canon 5D for the digital shots. I didn’t add in the vignette or really edit much at all. The only one’s I touched up a decent amount where the night shots at the bottom.

  16. kacie @ July 6th, 2009 at 7:19 pm:

    i always love your phototgraphs…but for some reason, this specific set struck a cord with me – haunting sadness. and braveness. and hope. and stories. and choosing to believe in life.

    these photos stopped me in my tracks and forced me to slow down. something i don’t do nearly enough.

    thank you. :)

  17. Bryan @ July 6th, 2009 at 11:51 pm:

    The last few pictures remind me of the movie Sand Lot when it is the 4th of July in the movie.

  18. Pemily @ July 7th, 2009 at 7:25 am:

    This looks like the best 4th of July ever.

  19. Mel @ July 7th, 2009 at 11:49 am:

    Love the hazy beach and firework shots.

  20. Lisa @ July 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm:

    Cool people, genius pics, shared lives and memories- like it.

  21. Steven @ July 7th, 2009 at 4:23 pm:

    Skimming. Something I have never done but would love to try.

    Then again. There are not many places that one can practice here in Memphis.

  22. ANNA KENSUCKY @ July 7th, 2009 at 11:14 pm:

    1) maybe you should used expired film at my wedding. I want that natural vignette.
    2) i want to be friends with the guy who has a cigarette and a wet suit
    3) you should sell that 6 fireworks series as a print.

    the end.

  23. Daniel @ July 9th, 2009 at 9:31 am:

    Gorgeous and inspiring photography! The tones are spectacular.

  24. Johne Nomad @ July 18th, 2009 at 8:42 am:

    Fun!

  25. leah @ August 14th, 2009 at 2:21 am:

    i love these pictures. random facebook connection brought me to them. you make it all look stunning

  26. Sharolyn @ July 12th, 2010 at 8:16 pm:

    thanks!

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