• architecture,  Candid Portraits,  Cityscapes/Urban,  People/Portraits

    Walking the Streets

    Walking the Streets

    I only know how to approach a place by walking. For what does a street photographer do but walk and watch and wait and talk, and then watch and wait some more, trying to remain confident that the unexpected, the unknown, or the secret heart of the known awaits just around the corner. – Alex Webb

    I did not wait long for this man to walk into the scene, it just took on its own life. I was drawn to the sign and boarded up windows. He just happened to walk into the frame as I raised my camera. If I’d not been ready, this scene would not exist. One  of the traits a street photographer needs.

  • architecture,  Canon Powershot G12

    Disparity

    Bank Building

    This past January, RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its Year-End 2010 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows a total of 3,825,637 foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — reported on a record 2,871,891 U.S. properties in 2010. This bank office building was not one of them.

  • Cityscapes/Urban

    Red Umbrellas

     

    Red Umbrellas
    Red Umbrellas in Crystal City, Virginia
    “To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.”  Ansel Adams

     

  • Cityscapes/Urban

    The Fire Hydrant

     

    The Fire Hydrant
    The Fire Hydrant

    Photographers will over time acquire a photographers eye to see the normal everyday things with a different lens. I believe that has happened in my life. In this image a simple fire hydrant will be overlooked by many people as they pass by. Yet for me the colors and the shadows all make for an interesting image. Wonder how many dogs will be attracted to the colors and shadows or attracted because of the scent?