[Leica] Moment of Zen, or Moment of Despair

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

Richard,
A Buddhist can certainly experience disappointment without loosing sight 
of the journey as a whole.
You had many hours learning new things about the craft of photography 
along with physically seeing the beauty of the sea and sunrise.
Revel in that; good negatives would just be icing on the cake.

Short form, it's the journey, not the destination. ;-)

Jay

On 2/3/2016 7:35 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> I guess this is a test to see whether I am a zen buddhist or not. I spent 4
> times at the Santa Monica pier, including literally in the dark and dragged
> myself at Oh-Dark hours to catch the sunrise. 6 rolls of medium format B&W
> film, many with long exposures.
>
> And then I did a thing that I have never done since developing B&W film
> since 1978 - I poured in the fixer in by accident: this is due to that I
> have been developing mainly color film and the order of the chemical
> bottles is different.
>
> So SIX ROLLS OF PERFECTLY CLEAR FILM. I should cry, or go full Kylo Ren 
> now.
>
>