my puddle jumper
While critics revere Henri Cartier Bresson’s “Man Juming Over Puddle” as the “decisive moment” captured, I feel he missed the shot. I was reminded of this first hand viewing the print this week at A Gallery in New Orleans. I’d rather see the excitement of a splash frozen in time. My image, inspired by mentor John Michael Cooper, was to turn the puddle jumping movement upside down and focus on the actual splash. Nearing the end of a bridal shoot in the wet streets of New Orleans, I asked for a bride’s trust to jump into the puddle. Without haste, she agreed. The neon lights of Bourbon Street filtering through the puddle inspired my bridal detail in action. Shot with a Nikon D700 with my favorite 85mm lens wide open at f/1.4 for 1/750 sec, ISO 400.
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