Why we live in Israel
Family, of course. I've always admired Thomas Struth's very composed large family portraits and I'm intrigued by the vintage photos that you see of frontier families on the front porch of their frame house on the prairie, dressed in their best black outfits. So when an occasion gets us together for dinner with all the in-laws I'm tempted to get out the tripod and see if I can come up a portrait of appropriate solemnity, a record for history. It never works out that way. I tried a few years ago with my Hasselblad, 80 mm and an awesome 39 MPx digital back. I liked the result, but the Hassie has no selftimer, so I am missing, and one of the smaller kids kept escaping the frame.
I tried another tonight (the Jewish New Year's Eve as well as our daughter's 16th birthday), in a smaller space with simpler equipment and a self-timer. Again one of the kids kept escaping, but I'm used to it now.
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