I tried, but I couldn't quite get it right.
My “Life in the 906” piece for this week dealt with change, prompted by two things—a comment made by someone who hadn't been back to Marquette in a decade--”I can't believe how much this place has changed”--and a picture I came across while looking for another shot.
Specifically, this picture--
That was taken off of the (now) Range Bank Parking deck back in 2008, showing a grassy piece of land in the foreground and a power plant in the background. That was going to be the “then” part of a then & now picture, showing just how much what was in the photo has changed. Only, it didn't work out like I thought--
I'm sure an ordinary person would look at the two and see the point I was trying to get across, but, as we all know, I'm anything but ordinary. I couldn't exactly match of the aspect ratio of the shot because the “then” picture was taken by a real camera with a long lens, while the “now” picture was taken with a phone camera. Plus, and I'm sure this is just me being picky, you can't see where the power plant no longer exists.
So I ended up not using either shot. The piece turned out okay, but one of its original inspirations—the 2008 shot—didn't get used. But, then, that's what these babbling are for, right?
8-)
Okay. I have more to say, but seeing as how it's my (it seems) primary purpose in life these days I have to go shoot yet another episode of “High School Bowl” in a few minutes, so we'll continue the conversation tomorrow, if you don't mind.
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