I hate to see a weekend go to waste, but things weren’t looking so good yesterday. Not only was it pretty cold (high in the 50s, which is cold for us) but the skies were cloudy and overcast. This morning, I woke up to colder temps, but sunny skies. After breakfast and coffee, I loaded up and headed to St. Augustine to see if I could capture any new images on familiar grounds.

Arriving in the early afternoon, I was rewarded with some pretty good lighting and shadows along St. George Street, the main tourist thoroughfare. The crowds weren’t too bad considering it’s still somewhat the holiday season. Unfortunately, many of the ideas I had never fully came to fruition. I’d hoped to take advantage of some nice juxtapositions of light and shadow with color-coordinated subjects but the crowd didn’t seem inclined to cooperate. I probably ended up capturing more empty scenes than I’d planned for.

There is a landmark I’ve wanted to stop at so many times yet I never made the effort. And now I can’t. The Kings Head British Pub, an icon located on US1 between Jacksonville and St. Augustine has been providing British fare, beer, and live music for 32 years. Unfortunately, they’ve permanently closed. Today, I at least made the effort to stop for what will likely be the last opportunity to take photos of their iconic telephone booth and double decker bus.

One of the owners was there clearing things out and we spoke briefly. I regret that I never took the time to stop while they were open.

It seems that every time I take the M10 out, I fall in love with the colors even more. I haven’t tweaked any colors, contrast, etc. This is just a lovely camera.

I was primarily shooting film today, though. I had the M4 loaded up with Portra 400. As I was walking down St. George, a woman thanked me for shooting film. It turns out that she used to be a photojournalist and now works in the Public Affairs Office of a local military base. We had a good talk about film, developing, and cameras. Congrats to her Venezuelan husband who will be a US citizen tomorrow.

I’ll leave you with my favorite shot of the day. I can’t put my finger on it, but I really love it. I hope you do too.