Sunday, 7:30 a.m.
Most people, at this time, were either headed off to Sunday services or enjoying their second cup of coffee while reading the paper.
Not you.
You don’t do what you did to Parker and get to enjoy the second cup of coffee. Or even the first.
Yet.
Best to stay with the martini. Especially since the scotch is gone. One more won’t hurt.
Soon you’ll be on the move. Mickey Bones will be here, you’ll get in the car and away from where you are. It’s not that far to the Canadian border. Time enough for coffee then.
You hope.
Check the clip one more time. Take a sip. Try to relax.
Everyone spends their Sunday mornings a little differently….
There’s noir, and then there’s Jersey Noir.
Part of the Jersey Noir Series.
#193 of 365 Days of Photos 2007/Made Explore on July 15, 2007
Here are the elements for IP 23:
1 - something liquid
2 - a weapon
3 - shot in a noir style
I think something liquid is pretty self explanatory. We're talking about a fluid state of matter. We don't care what the liquid is...water, whisky, watermelon juice, it's up to you. We don't care if it's in a free state or contained in something so long as we can see that it's liquid.
The second element, a weapon, is a tad trickier. A weapon can be anything that could be used to hurt somebody. A knife, a letter opener, a wrench, a garrote, a small nuclear device. Again, you get to decide.
The final element, that the photograph be shot in a noir style, is purely stylistic. You can find a dandy little wikipedia entry on film noir here. You needn't follow all the classic noir traditions...you don't have to shoot in black and white, you don't have to include a dame in seamed stockings, you don't have to include a shady guy in a big-shouldered trenchcoat, you only need to keep generally to the noir tradition.