Times Square Kiss-In Today Aug. 14

I went. It was great. Lots of media people and phtographers. First time I've ever been in a scrum with them. It helps to be tall and heavy, but there was one lightweight young thang who not only held her own but was out in front blocking everyone - me included. I brought an Xpan to try to capture the scope of the whole thing, but it's tough to use in a crowd since it takes in so much of the side-lines. I saw a couple of M6 shooters, too, mostly "older" like me. All of the pro media were shooting dSLRs. Can't post pics now, since I only shot film. Will show the best when it returns.


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I just got my shots from this event back from Dwayne's. I decided to shoot KR-64 with an Xpan. Not the best choice of film since it was a bright and sunny day with high contrast, just exagerated completely by the Kodachrome. This couple stole the show: A US Army reservist just back from Afghanistan with his beautiful girl friend dressed in a '40s era outfit. He proposed to her on his knees in the middle of the kiss-in and the media went wild, as you can see here by all of the cameras. More later.

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Here is a shot of the entire group kiss-in - about 200 people. It was amazing how many were older. I expected mostly young people, but there were just a handful.

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Ok, here are larger sizes.

This is the entire group kiss-in during the official kiss time. About 200 people in all. The men all got a white sailor's hat. The women all got a rose.
 

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The highlight was this American soldier who had just returned from Afghanistan. He proposed to his girl friend before all of the assembled. Here he is on his knees presenting her with a ring from Tiffany's (note blue box).
 

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A kiss for the new fiancees at the kiss-in. How fitting.
 

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What a great idea. Leave me out though, I haven't fit in my dress blues for 50 years and my dog chewed up my whitehat.
 
Yes, well, that is the penalty of using a panoramic format camera in a scrum with 30 other photojournalists who are much taller and heavier than I. I was lucky to be able to hold the camera over my head and get a few shots with the subjects in them. Next time - no panoramic format. I thought it would be an interesting experiment. It was - I leaned it's not such a good subject for panormaic photography. Although, I do think the photos have a bit of interest because they include the mounds of photographers trying to shoot the scene.

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