Archive for September, 2009

i took this photo as a way to describe how i felt in that moment. living in new york city, i’m always always watching people, but usually trying not to be so obvious about it… especially when the only people on the street are you and one other guy (with his dog). this is how i do, i act like i’m watching something else, even though, something about that particular person has a magnetic pull on my vision! of course, he may have no idea that i’m watching him, pointing my camera his direction…

out-of-focus #22

seasons are changing. flowers will be fading, as well as summer’s beautiful greens… they will soon turn into the colors of fall, the colors i’ll be excited to see, to photograph. how quickly the seasons come and go, and as they change from one to the next, i wonder if i will remember the beauty captured in seasons past… happy new season friends. here’s to fall photos and fall colors and cool fall weather…

i am in love with this photo.

the lines of the spider web, even if broken in places, glowing in the sunlight.

the bokeh of green and white and black in the background.

i hunted for the perfect spider web through the forest of trees in my park, the one placed with the sunlight shining from behind it.

i thought i wouldn’t find it, but i did. and i love what i’ve found.

out-of-focus #21

this next week is my turn to pick the theme at lens.us.together, and to no surprise, i chose the theme “out of focus“. this is the photo i shared to kick it off. the manhattan bridge, which never fails to inspire me, to take my breath away. all my favorite photos lately are the bridges in blur, just after sunset. this one was taken saturday night, and while i wished i’d gotten there just a bit earlier to catch a little more light, i can’t deny how much i love the way this photo turned out, the blurry figures taking in the city, the bridge lights sparkling, the blurred edges reminding me of the memory i created.

out-of-focus #20

one of my recent posts was twilight bridge blur photos. a couple weekends ago, i was back at the bridges as the sun set behind the city. i think i’m in love with these types of photos.

it’s been days since i’ve been around these parts. i had hoped i’d still be picking up my camera everyday, but sadly, life has gotten into the rest of the way and i haven’t even had my camera on since labor day. o well. here’s a find from soho a couple weekends ago. hope to get my camera out this weekend, maybe sooner, depending on plans and weather. :)

this summer, i somehow found an inspiring opportunity to join miss b’s “school” and complete a few of the weekly photo assignments. i started late and missed “turning in” a few of the assignments, but i did get my final project in on time :) i wanted to share it with you. i chose the portfolio - for me, i interpreted it as a collection of photos that tied together. i don’t know if i created a successful portfolio collection (the word “portfolio” scares me)… but i do love the collection i came up with. i took these a little while back and did share one of the photos already…

here are the rest of them… enjoy!

sadly, my husband doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of my blur photos. he likes some of them, but others make him feel like his vision is going bad and he just can’t quite see the photo. i, on the other hand, love, love, love all the blur photos i’ve been taking. (i just can’t ask his opinion on these so much, because he doesn’t see it the same way as i do :)

after a recent conversation, i thought i’d ask your opinion… which blur photo do you like best? they were all taken in union square the other night right as the sun was going down.

out-of-focus #17, 18, 19