This is a very early photo. I don't think I had my camera more than six or eight months. My girlfriend (a Nikon shooter for those who care) and I would wander around The City looking for interesting situations. One day we came across a group of about seven or eight guys hanging out on a street corner in what is known as the "South of Market" area.
This pic was a mess. The negative is badly scratched and gauged, lots of dust is imbedded in the emulsion, the exposure in contrasty and difficult light was atrocious (I didn't know proper exposure techniques then and the Spotmatic's meter was off), and I wasn't even holding the camera straight or paying attention to the framing. I began work on this project more to learn and become proficient with Photoshop techniques than anything else, and the work is still in progress. There's lots more restoration work to be done, but it doesn't look too bad when reduced in size for a web presentation. Here are a few of the guys who were hangin' out that afternoon. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/hanging.html Shel
