photography

A Day in the Life…

One of the things I really love about photography is that it opens the door to meeting so many people and their stories. I met this gentleman at the Café Collage on Venice Beach and spent several minutes just chatting to him about his life and my life. I loved the way he looked, dressed as he was, pouring over the movie & entertainment section of a local paper and sipping his java. After photographing him with my iPhone, I processed this photo right away and showed it to him. He like it quite a bit so I e-mailed it to him on the spot. I love social interactions like this and look forward to more and more as I venture more into people and street photography.

A change is gonna come…

Sometimes, change is good.  Heck, lots of times change is good.  That’s certainly how I felt this morning.  I was in one of those creative ruts where running  out to shoot decaying buildings was just not gonna cut it for me.  So off  into the center of Berlin went, seeking something worth shooting and posting today.  I had in mind, initially, a short walk along the river, hoping to find some cool small boats and barges to shoot; the ones I fond were, however,  not docked the way I wanted them in my composition, so I looked for something else to fill my camera frame.  I came across a half-way decent shot of one of the smaller boats, which I may process and post at some time, but I was more taken by this lone old bike shackled  (with a new lock) to a guard rail.  Sure felt great to change things up a bit from what I normally shoot.  I post-processed the shot (and wrote this short post) while listening to the great Sam Cooke singing one of the greatest songs of all time, A Change is Gonna Come.

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