Lovers

Date: 2004
Place: Avila Beach, CA
Modus operandi: Practising invisibility
Weather: Overcast and cold
Time: 2 pm
Gear: Cosina Bessa T, Leica 21mm Asph Elmarit
Medium: Kodak Gold 100
Me: Waiting for the moment
My age: 52

No two ways about it. Get in close and you become invisible. The sort of thing ultra-wide lenses were made for, and it didn’t hurt to have the greatest 21mm lens ever made for a 35mm camera on board. I kept the lens and its atrocious viewfinder on the Bessa at all times – thus avoiding having to mess about with meter removal on the M2. Come to think of it, after a while you could dispense with the viewfinder, having learned to think wide.

The pier this young couple had chosen for a quick snoggle was deserted, as well it should be on this frigid day. The snap actually took a couple of minutes. No matter. Their passion and my secret invisible sauce made things easy.

All I was waiting for was that raised leg….