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Tuesday June 26, 2007
Miami Nights has a dSLR, and they’re not afraid to use it. They are, however, afraid of editing their photos down to two manageable sets. I scoured through their two most recent galleries (I only recommend doing this if you were there those nights and you’re looking for pictures of yourself), looking for diamonds in the rough. A few I liked: Black fingernail: there’s a blank but distrustful look, but there’s also a lot of interesting stuff happening with fingers and feet. Two hamming girls: but the guy in the background sort of steals the picture. Overhead: reminds of that Gursky rave picture. Saddest picture: Closed bottle — nobody looks good in this, least of all the photographer that instigate the scene. Update: Nefarious girl’s photos from the Dirty Disco night.
Any chance I can blame this on alcohol?
I should add: “It’s great that someone cares enough to take these pictures, and at least the scene is getting documented.”
So yes, keep but the good work. But no, you don’t get to blame the alcohol. If you’re like me, you’re drunk when taking the pictures, but sober (or near-sober) when editing photo albums for the internet.
Yes, the sober photo-review process is a bit of a drag. If you think the ones we take are a bit