These were all real quick grabs, and I was amused to find when I got home that of the handful of frames, almost all of them were of pairs of people.
Showing posts with label Boston street photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston street photography. Show all posts
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Couples Sunday
Home, working. To clean my hard drive (aka my brain) I take brisk walks down through Brookline Village and back, about 20 min. in all. Sometimes I'm even smart enough to throw the 5D over my shoulder (spoiled by my smartphone lately :-) ).
These were all real quick grabs, and I was amused to find when I got home that of the handful of frames, almost all of them were of pairs of people.
These were all real quick grabs, and I was amused to find when I got home that of the handful of frames, almost all of them were of pairs of people.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Gears, Guitars, and Goo-goggery™
A small handful of random Vineyard and Boston photos; not earth-shattering, but fun, and once again proving that the world looks much more interesting in BW.
NB: I have no idea where the word goo-goggery came from, perhaps from the primal depths, extracting the word I used as a very small child for bath goggles - goo-goo goggles - and applying it to the things I see on the street (while trying to come up with a g-word). I Googled it (ha ha) and found nothing, so I guess it's mine :-) (filed under dubious achievements).
NB: I have no idea where the word goo-goggery came from, perhaps from the primal depths, extracting the word I used as a very small child for bath goggles - goo-goo goggles - and applying it to the things I see on the street (while trying to come up with a g-word). I Googled it (ha ha) and found nothing, so I guess it's mine :-) (filed under dubious achievements).
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Boston Faces
I love faces and I love street photography, all of the above having been greatly enhanced via my return to using an older - and for years all-but-forgotten - 50mm/1.4 lens, the speed of which, when combined with the amazing 5D, is everything I ever dreamed of back in my SpotmaticF/Tri-x/darkroom days (days of antiquity). Back then, all I wanted was longer lenses and all the latest technology, and now that I've got all that I am realizing that I actually had everything I needed, lo those forty years ago. I'm also now blatantly and unabashedly shooting almost all of my personal stuff in BW, BW being pure drop, as far as I'm concerned.
Not only am I enjoying the shooting in the near-dark capabilities of this combo, but I love the smaller size of the 50, which is minimally off-putting and easier to keep always-ready on my shoulder, but the short focal length forces me up a little closer to my subject - an edgier way of shooting, to be sure - and the wide open apertures make for wicked awesome out-of-focus backgrounds. I feel as though I'm home again, following a long and circuitous (and very educational) journey.
These are from a recent foray into downtown Boston; from Quincy Market and Haymarket, all ultimately on my way to play a little Irish music with my friends at the Littlest Bar.
Not only am I enjoying the shooting in the near-dark capabilities of this combo, but I love the smaller size of the 50, which is minimally off-putting and easier to keep always-ready on my shoulder, but the short focal length forces me up a little closer to my subject - an edgier way of shooting, to be sure - and the wide open apertures make for wicked awesome out-of-focus backgrounds. I feel as though I'm home again, following a long and circuitous (and very educational) journey.
These are from a recent foray into downtown Boston; from Quincy Market and Haymarket, all ultimately on my way to play a little Irish music with my friends at the Littlest Bar.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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