Throughout my wanderings during this year’s SXSW, I kept on seeing interesting characters — Halloween like. I knew that it was part of some promotion. After all this is SouthBy where companies spend all kinds of money to make a splash and to get noticed. As I approached Rainey Street, the frequency of sightings increased. I made portraits, of course.
It was Amazon. Turns out, the on-line bookstore turned world dominator was making a big deal about Good Omens, a new Amazon Originals TV series made along with the BBC. Based on a 1990 novel “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch” by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, the show is set to “air” on May 31st. I think I’ll watch it, just to see if it has anything to do with the characters I photographed.
I shot most of these along Rainey Street with my portrait setup of choice, a 50mm equivalent on my Olympus PEN-F. Amazon also had a huge Good Omens area setup on one of the rapidly disappearing parking lots in downtown Austin. The line was long and I wasn’t interesting in waiting. I did score a promo Good Omens umbrella, which seemed useful since some slight sprinkles threatened to turn more serious.
I have a free monthly newsletter that’s perfect for busy people. Signup for the Newsletter to get the best of my posts, old and new, plus additional content not available anywhere else.
Hi, Nice Bog !!!
Thank you, HappyEasyGo