MICHAEL MUSIKA'S CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION OF CREATION THROUGH WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PERFORMANCE ON VIDEO.
This Journal is for a Japanese documentary film maker so that we may have an opportunity to go to Japan.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Looking at the phone versus not looking at the phone is the game. You neeed to make lots of other people look at their phone more than you look at your phone. Then you don’t have to go to jail, nor become a pawn in some foolish, political spectacle disguised as religious dispute.
THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA
ANGRY SAILOR EXERCISE // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 26mm 0 ev ƒ/7.1 1/125
This picture is taken at the top of a set of steps that lead to a small room where a large telescope is stored.
THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA
First I'm going to the cinder block store. Then I'm going to the rope store. Then I'm going to the pier.
THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA
BLACK DOG, BLUE SEA // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 24mm 0 ev ƒ/9 1/200
FLOWERS OVER EMPTY BEACH // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 26mm 0 ev ƒ/10 1/200
LAUGHING LADY WITH DOG // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 39mm 0 ev ƒ/9 1/160
SEA THROUGH FENCE // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 24mm 0 ev ƒ/10 1/200
WOMAN, DOG, AND SUN // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 24mm 0 ev ƒ/9 1/160
These are photographs I took on a morning walk from Jessie’s father’s home to Black Point Beach. We have taken this walk quite a few times over the time we have known each other. Both Jessie and Ramona are usually tolerate my efforts to learn to use the camera. This morning was pleasant weather and I felt clear and light. While taking pictures, and subsequently making this document, I feel free from the grim reapers, and temptations that present themselves in the form of missed opportunities and regrets. It is enjoyable for us to be detectives, even when we can’t remember what we’re looking for.
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA
CLOSEUP OF WOMAN IN SUNGLASSES // ASAHI PENTAX K100 PENTAX-M 1:2 50mm ASA 200
SEAGULL, PALM TREE + HOTEL BALCONY // ASAHI PENTAX K100 PENTAX-M 1:2 50mm ASA 200
BLACK DOG DIGS HOLE ON BEACH // ASAHI PENTAX K100 PENTAX-M 1:2 50mm ASA 200
Here is the second installment of the K100 Series of experiments employing my father’s old Pentax K1000 camera. The first roll had a light leak, probably because he failed to rewind the film properly before removing it. This roll turned out better. Each of these pictures were shot in Laguna Beach, California.
THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA
A FENCE + WILD FLOWERS ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE SPRING TIME // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. EF24-70mm ƒ4L IS USM. ISO 100. 24 mm. 0 ev. ƒ8. 1/160 s
This is a place holder. I am feeling my way through the past to figure out where I was why and how. The fact that I chose, inadvertently, or perhaps not, to focus on the fence post, as opposed to the flowers grabbed my attention as I attempted to fulfill the self imposed obligation of producing this document. Also, nature seems flawless at producing a harmonic color scheme, at least insofar as I experience vision. Thank you. Good bye.
