is there still a coney island?

most people i know are fair weather photographers. they will take the camera out the skies are blue and a gentle summer breeze is in the air.

it's been raining almost non-stop since may here in new york. and today proved not much different. this morning the forecast was solid rain.

what better than to head to the mermaid parade in coney island. i've been looking for something slightly different to shoot.

foul weather festivals are great because there's just not as much competition from other photographers. the lighting is consistent. it's easier to get access. and everyone there really wants to be there.

so i put on the waterproof jacket, the tevas and luchador mask and headed on the d train. a beer, two dogs, six rolls off film later i hopped back on the d train back to the city.

one of the initiatives was to "fix the plan" to stop a 27 story hotel complex from being built on coney east, the same area of the wonder wheel and nathans.

pictures to come, maybe -- two more weeks of printing ethiopia.