9.20.08 - 20/365

so we have 2 things going on here

the first is
that while i like this blown out effect
i think it might be evidence that my camera is about to sh*t the proverbial brick;
of the 10 snaps i shot
6 were about 3 stops overexposed...

i was hoping to make it until photo expo
so i could really research what i wanted
but it's not lookin' good

so if anyone has a small camera recomendation...
(i am currently using a powershot 270)

i would love an slr
but i don't think i am going to find one that meets my size requirement
it doesn't need to be tiny
but
i do take it everywhere
(the last time i went camera shopping
i brought my fav evening handbag to b & h
just to be sure it would fit)

and the second is
the broken clamshells
or
an exercise in discarding

so in my effort to move forward
to get rid of some of my past
i decided to start with the broken "broken clamshells"
and about 90% of them are in this condition
the 2 halves have separated
and so they are no longer useful for me to draw
i kept a few
i felt i "knew" them so well
from drawing them so often,
that i couldn't discard them

this was a project that was once so important to me
and now it feels "gone"
there really aren't enough whole ones for me to create the number of drawings i would need to finish it

and for the past 3 years
the tide has changed at the beach where i used to find them
and there haven't been any
so i have no way of replenishing my stock

who knew those little bits of shell
would become so scarce
i thought there would always be an endless supply