Archive for the ‘street photography’ Category

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…

a simple swipe of a paintbrush full of paint. an unplanned piece of art. one tiny piece of the wall.

love pop art. love to take photos of pop art. love thursday.

the last time i photographed this love sculpture, i came home and turned up the saturation in colors, made them really pop (go here to see for yourself). this time, i went the other way. love the feel of it.

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in honor of love thursday… here is a little link love of photo things i’ve been lovin’ lately…

**this photo class. the final project is due this weekend. i’ve been holding onto my photos for a couple weeks now, just looking forward to sharing them :) i think you will love them too!

**lens.us.together — have you been over to check it out? it’s a new blog as of last weekend, a collaboration put together by inspiring women who called on others to join (including myself). this is only our first week, and i’ve been loving the posts that have been added. i can’t wait to get out either tomorrow or this weekend to get my photo. gotta have it up by sunday, not sure how i’ll capture where i live…

** ida’s new shop… my favorite day at her blog is always thursday. on thursdays she shares photos she has taken with her yashica camera from the 70’s. she’s taken her photos and turned them into postcards! you must look! how amazing would it be to receive a postcard like hers? ooo and if you go over to her blog, you can check out her giveaway!!!

**a flickr fave… perfect addition to love thursday.

**coney island photos. i was going to save this link for when i share my photos from my trip to coney island last weekend, but i just can’t wait. you must go see them. m. heart captures coney island in the most perfect way… and i love them all, i cannot even find a favorite!

paused to take the ultimate chillin sign, when the sign below caught my eye and made me laugh. one photo leads to another. it always happens. spent the day out in the city, but don’t really have anything great to show for it. i was dragging a little (maybe two days of staying in and using my brain power put towards other work wore me out more than i realized). i was also a little cranky. today was my chance to take photos for the million little pictures gallery entry… but i was stuck being bitter about my coney island photos falling through (blank film = no photos). i was supposed to use disposable camera (and did, the one they sent) but when it didn’t work out, i bought another camera in hopes of trying again and making the september 1 deadline.

but it’s not going to happen. i had an idea, i took the photos, and they came back as nothing. if i’d been more on top of it and hadn’t put it off, maybe it would be a different story. but i have too much going on with work right now, and i decided i wasn’t going to beat myself up and feel disappointed with photos that i didn’t actually want to take. unfortunately, i think i was down in the photo dumps today over it… but at least i captured this sign, which makes me laugh.

there may be nothing quite right about this photo, but i couldn’t pass this moment by without capturing from my hip. i love walking, holding my camera low, aiming (without peeking through the lens), and shooting. i never know what i’m going to get. sometimes it’s deleted immediately. sometimes i hold onto it, glance back at it, think about it. and even though this one isn’t perfect, i knew i loved it.