It took a while … but this is what came out. I selected eight images – four with daylight, four with twilight. “Just good enough” is not part of my mantra. That’d be good enough.īut that wasn’t why I wanted to do this project. Any one of these images, by itself, would be Competition Season worthy. I wrapped up my photo shoot at approximately 9:15 p.m., thanked Mike and Lisa – the owners of the Jericho Drive-In – and headed home. By 9:00, it was pitch dark outside, but the neon sign and the generic marquee looked, shall we say, picture perfect. Hey, don’t get on my case, 3:1 odds says you were running to IMDB and trying to find out what films Nicholas Cage has been in lately.Īnd it just kept getting better as the sun set. “Oh, man, I love Nicholas Cage movies,” the guy smiled as he went to get his ice cream. Hey, I never heard of that film Double Feature. “Hey, man, are you doing a time-lapse photo?” “Oh, it’s supposed to be The Wretched and The Invisible Man. “What movie’s playing this week?” one couple asked me. Some of them, however, saw this masked man in front of the marquee and, sure enough, they had to ask questions. Patrons drove up, ordered their sundaes and ice creams (unsolicited plug – try the Jericho sundae, it is just as delicious as a Boston shake), and then drove away. Oh, and while I was photographing the sign, the Jericho’s Twist ice cream parlor was open. Those things stung me like I was made of sugar. Oh, and by the way, you know what DOESN’T socially distance these days? Mosquitos. And yes, that’s one of my photos on my mask. I’m wearing a mask while I photograph the sign. Oh yeah, and in case you’re wondering … I do practice proper social distancing. And all I have to do is simply check my watch, and take a picture every five minutes. Rather than deal with shifting light exposures, I set the camera on the “A” setting (aperture priority), and let the camera expose for the time of day. Now, somebody could kvetch about having the sun in the picture, but I can work with it. I took pictures at 5-minute intervals, as the sun slowly set behind the marquee. I also wired up a manual shutter release to minimize any camera shake or vibration in the photo. Oh, and if you’re wondering what that green cube is on top of the camera, that’s actually one of the Infinity Stones, I’m holding on to it until Thanos puts it in his glove … no, actually it’s a spirit level that I received as a gift in a reddit Secret Santa years ago. It’s wide enough to capture the entire sign without my having to stand at an angle, and for an ultrawide camera, it has a decent rectilinear finish to its shots. Several photos are taken, and then the photos are sliced up so that you can see a progression of light – from daylight, to dusk, to night.Īlthough I brought all three of my wide-angle lenses – my 19mm f/3.8 Vivitar, my 28mm f/2.8 Nikkor, and my 15mm f/2.4 Irix, I went with the Irix. Now a time-slice photo involves showing the picture in day and in night. Tonight I want to create a “time-slice.” And the only way I can specifically guarantee that these images will come out as perfect as possible is if I take these photos digitally. Normally, I would try shooting this marquee in various formulae of expired film, but I’m not feeling a film vibe tonight. I’m using my Nikon D f camera for this photo shoot. “Double Feature” and “Family Friendly.” This will work. Photo (c) Chuck Miller, all rights reserved. The sign would be lit for the night, including that sweet blue and red neon that remains one of the last pieces of Googie neon sign architecture in the Capital District (I mean, we did lose L-Ken’s and Bob & Ron’s Fish Fry, so, honestly, what’s really left?). We arranged that for one night only, instead of showing the upcoming films, it would show the titles “Double Feature” and “Family Friendly.” This way, the marquee could represent any time in the drive-in’s history, and not be tied to whatever films were playing that weekend. So I made a phone call to the proprietors of the Jericho Drive-In. I want to photograph something that I didn’t pick up from a fallen tree branch on a walk around my block. Meanwhile, I’ve recovered from my broken ankle and I want to go take some pictures. Recently, the Jericho Drive-in reopened for business, and are currently showing double features under strict social distancing guidelines. The theater’s in season, but you’re not getting that sweet neon look of a summer night at the drive-in.The theater has no movies on the marquee, but that often means that the theater is out of season or closed or.Either the marquee shows whatever movies were playing that night, immediately dating your photo.Photographing a movie theater marquee isn’t just “show up, shoot, leave.” Most often, the following happens: Over the years, I’ve wanted to get an awesome, iconic photo of the waycool Jericho Drive-In marquee.
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