Pryorvision

Following the GR softball team's devastating loss last night, a bunch of us went to Busaba for supper and support. Included in the mix was GR softball historian, GR mag minister of color, and awesome friend Pryor. He could replace heads in government photos after coups, etc., if he wanted to. Instead, he takes crummy press images or hack snapshots that we get and makes them look good. He also takes art photos and makes film shorts. He has a great sense of style. Whenever Paul Weller comes through town, I call him first.


Since I had just taken mediocre shots of an excellent Monsters Are Waiting show the night before, I hit him up on how to shoot better photos next time. He tooled around with the Ricoh GR's menu for a couple seconds and showed us where you can switch the settings to 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600... Duh, just like choosing film.


Using this newfound knowledge, I snapped the above portrait of the remaining dinner party using available light. Left to right: Carlos, standing on the curb as if he isn't tall enough compared to the ladies anyway; Wendy, warm in her new vintage coat; Happy, wearing glasses because she has the equivalent of chapped corneas; and Angelyn, who has mastered the art of taking photos with her arms crossed to hide her expectant status. Pryor parked on the other side of Melrose. Still sore over throwing the losing pitch, I chose not to be in the photo.