Sonatas XI-5 (Meeting)

Composed again, Khaetidawne decided it was time for us to formally meet
All smiles, she turned on ‘Southern Charm’ to please the ‘guests’ she was to greet...
“We have an architect; and you are a professional athlete,” she said from her seat
He said, “Well, yes, I used to play ball, I race cars now, it’s sweet!”

“I’m so sorry I got it wrong!” blushing, Khaetidawne said
The race driver oiled his way over and preened,
“Oh my, now don’t worry your poor little head!
I can’t expect a lady to know about the sports scene.”

The woman with the hiking pack was a high powered attorney;
Loudly she introduced herself while defending Khaetidawne
“Don’t you dare insult our hostess, and just before our journey,
As a highly placed lawyer, I demand your comment be withdrawn!”

Khaetidawne, blushing, said nothing, as the attorney,
Realizing her overbearing mistake, quietly went to apologize
“May I sit next to you, Khaetidawne?” she asked, and with a nod,
Khaetidawne moved over to make room for her new friend and sighed.

“Well, who are you, with all of the camera and video equipment?”
Khaetidawne and Brendan asked the last of the four
The young man gave no name but told them of his digital photography,
Sound recording, and high tech video work.

“My videography is really cutting-edge! Much more than any hobbyist
This state of the art audio gear is absolutely great
These microphones will capture their voices if your Faeries truly do exist,
When they speak, it’ll be soooo cool! I can’t wait!”

The photo was taken in September of 2018 with a Pentax 67 medium format SLR equipped with a 105 mm f/2.4 SMC Pentax 67 lens on Ilford FP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 100 mm f/5.6 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

All aspects of this print were handled in an authentic, pre-digital manner. Archival processing will ensure the maximum life span for this print.

This print (1/25) on 8” x 10” paper is available for purchase, mounted or unmounted. Please contact me if interested. Thank You.