Caught with My Pants Off and A Camera in my Hands (USA)

the particular post has been edited and rewitten in retrospect.


Train Yard 2007

 I’ve been hunting photos and travelling across the North Eastern United States for the past year and a half and have found myself going to a multitude of off color places to get the shots I wanted: burial grounds, parks, trespassing on private property, abandoned factories, brooks, swamps, forests, urban spaces et al.

My gold mine for nature shots is (Bigelow Hollow State Park) off I-84. I’ve spent significant time at the park shooting flora and fauna, picnicking, as well as practicing portraits. The place has become my home base for nature photography.

One Friday, I arrived at the park and was immediately amazed by the insects flying and crawling about on the water plants in the pond, to get the best shot, I had to join the bugs and just dive in. The problem was I did not have a wader at that time and I was wearing jeans; and since my car seats are made of fabric, I had to lose the pants.

There was no one around except me and the animals, so off came the pants, then I rolled my boxers as far as they could go and got into the pond. The water came up to my mid thighs as I stood shooting wearing only a long sleeve shirt and my photo vest. 

Mating Dragons 2008



I had been shooting the dragon flies, spiders, dead bugs, and water lilies for about 40 minutes when I noticed a park attendant’s truck driving out the forest and towards me. The truck stopped, and two park workers (an old grey haired man and a woman in her early 20s) came out and started unloading a canoe.

“Good day,” said the old man, I greeted him and went back to work; a few minutes later I raised my head from behind the view finder and saw the young woman staring at my crotch. I began to wonder why the hell is this woman staring, "chick isn't it obvious that I have on underwear? W.T.F!"

As they loaded up their canoe and went further into the pond then disappeared, I looked down and noticed, my shirt had been covering my rolled up underwear and it appeared as if I were “commando” in the water. LML and travels!

It's December--I can't wait untill summer 2009.

Join me...