Thirty Days – Day Twenty-eight

30 Days - Day 28 - Waiting in line at True/False
Waiting in line for standby tickets to The Invention of Dr. NakaMats, Jimmy Weagley, Lauren Croll, and Josh Dillon react to instructions from Emily Rosen, a volunteer for the True/False film festival on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 in Columbia, Mo. Croll said she was "pretty confident we'll get in." | Canon 1D Mk. III and 200mm f/2.8L lens; exposed 1/160 sec. @ f/4, ISO 200

Thirty Days – Day Twenty-six

Thirty Days - Day Twenty-six - Barbie Massage Parlor
"I'm so good at this, I can work the knots out one-handed, Ken. Trust me." | Canon 1D Mark III and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 31mm; exposed 1/160 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 2000.

Last night, while walking past Sen. Claire McCaskill’s senate office in Columbia, Mo. to meet up with some friends, an adjacent business–a masseuse–had this setup in the window front.  Here, we find Barbie’s massage parlor, in miniature.  She’s missing a hand, poor girl, and doesn’t know the difference between ensuring and insuring, but I do hope that she had insurance for the hand.

Thirty Days – Day Twenty-four…a day late

Well, in keeping with the spirit of this Thirty Days project, I made pictures yesterday.  Out of keeping with the spirit of things, I didn’t get a chance to post them.  C’est la vie.

Chris Dunn, Erin Schwartz, about four and a quarter million other photographers, and I descended upon the True/False film festival’s “March March” parade…which takes place in February.  The parade itself was not terribly productive for me–I wasn’t prepared for it.  But I loved this young woman, Ali Cooper, leaning against a traffic light, waiting for the parade to come to her.  The only problem is that I’m not sure which image (and which crop) I prefer.  They’re subtly different.  I’m happy to hear your thoughts!

30 - Day 24 - Ali Cooper waits for the March March parade.
Ali Cooper watches as the True/False "March March" parade makes its way down Ninth Street on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 in Columbia, Mo. The parade had taken Cooper by surprise: "I just came out of Lakota and didn't really know what was going on," she said. | Canon 7D and 200mm f/2.8L lens; exposed 1/800 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 200.
30 Days - Day 24 - Alternate
30 Days - Day 24 - Alternate

Thirty Days – Day Twenty-one

The twenty-first day of this Thirty Day project brought me a little closer to my home territory…

Thirty Days - Day 21 - Rick Shaw at POYi
Rick Shaw, director of POYi, applies gaffer's tape to the locks of the doors to the Fred Smith Forum at the Reynolds Journalism Institute to allow visitors to the judging of the contest to enter and leave without causing a distraction. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 72mm; exposed 1/250 sec. @ f/4.3, ISO 800.

Runners up for today’s posting after the jump…

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Thirty Days – Day Twenty

Thirty Days - Day 20 - Who Wears the Pants in this Relationship?
Who Wears the Pants in this Relationship? | Canon 7D and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens @ 110mm; exposed 1/60 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 2500.

Headed back to my car tonight, I noticed two vans pull up in front of a local restaurant, Forge and Vine, and a throng of young men and women began to line up in the 26° Fahrenheit (-3.3° Celcius) weather.  But while the guys were wearing dress pants and sports shirts, the young women were wearing short dresses and heels.  Why does trendiness/fashion take precedence over what is practical in the dead of winter?