{"id":18922,"date":"2015-06-01T06:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=18922"},"modified":"2023-03-02T12:19:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:19:59","slug":"westville-pond-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/01\/westville-pond-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Westville Pond at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Westville,<\/a>Here is a shot of Westville’s park surrounding The Pond<\/em> circa 1982. It’s early in the evening and the moon is visible in the sky. I’m not sure if I shot this handheld or dragged a tripod with me.<\/p>\n

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors<\/strong> were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives and make prints. I don\u2019t recall what the particulars of the class assignments were although I can tell from looking at the negatives which were the assignments and which ones were shot just to finish off a roll. The shots to finish a roll are a lot more interesting. While my fellow students mostly resided and shot their photographs in the vibrant metropolis of Philadelphia, I lived and did most of my shooting in and around the staid and solid small town of Westville, New Jersey<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a shot of Westville’s park surrounding The Pond circa 1982. It’s early in the evening and the moon is visible in the sky. I’m not sure if I shot this handheld or dragged a tripod with me. 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