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Here's another episode in my series on short shorts in SL.
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Fred stands on the corner of Lake and Clark with a plastic cup. He is actively engaging passersby hoping for a little kindness. It's his corner--he wrote "Fred's corner" on the building in pencil. Despite their indifference, he continues. A salesman in a sense—immune to rejection and surpisingly optimistic. He’s been homeless for some time now and stays in a shelter when he can. Not too long ago, he went to a shelter, but the shelter was full so he slept on the street, “Over there”, he said. What money he receives during the day goes to food and occasionally he’ll ride the train here and there. His optimism is truly inspiring. “God is good”, he said. “I read the Bible and I go to church every Sunday”. Not once did he complain about his life. He said he’s just trying to find his way. He felt lost, not really knowing what to do, or where to turn. Kind of paralyzed, I guess. His dream he said was not “to be a millionaire”, but to have a place to live and have a family.
The phrase if you want to get ahead, get a hat was originally a slogan used by the British hat-manufacturers when hat-wearing began to decline
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[Note: This was a conversation I had months before COVID-19. I'm not connecting with anyone during this time].
James has been out here for about 3 months, on the corner of Wabash and Madison. Regarding homeless folks he said “there are good seeds and bad seeds, but not all of us are bad.” James is one of the good ones. From the outset, he was positive and had a smile on his face. Pretty amazing considering he sleeps on the street every day. Everyone has a story, he said. He wants to know what it feels like to not be in need. He’s trying to make money to get by. I asked where he sleeps, and he pointed over by some stairs. He sleeps where he can. In the wintertime, he’s in the warming shelter.
I enjoyed folding this baseball cap from a square elephanthide paper. The form is generated by 16 mountain/valley couplets, with their cusps at the button on top. The button is a 16-segment twist. The mountain creases are intrinsically straight and the valley intrinsically curved. The cap is large enough for wearing.
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Main Street, Duncan, OK
Note: No one questioned my typo on the "peace" spelling....I will always welcome corrections.......
I'm 16 today! Happy birthaday to Me!! :-D
By the way my stream has reached the 50,000 views! - Thank You
Strobist info: Electric torch (LED) from above, no camera flash.
Have a nice day!
#70 on Explore 29th November, Thank You
Macro Mondays - Baseball
Good game, good game, as Bruce Forsyth used to say ..! One of the few mementos from my time working in Dallas, a Texas Ranges hat ...
[Note: This was a conversation I had months before COVID-19. I'm not connecting with anyone during this time].
Anthony was leaned up against the side of a building with his cup, trying to make some money. He's been homeless for about a year and a half. He experienced one Chicago winter on the street and said he never wanted to go through that again. He stayed in the warming shelter at night, and then during the day, he had to take his belongings and go elsewhere, as the warming shelter was a place to warm up as opposed to a shelter. He was a good-natured man who was willing to chat. What he needs right now are boots and gloves to prepare for the winter. He has done landscaping in the past, but has been more limited now due to his age. He wants people to know that he's a good person. Incredibly he told me, "The street has made me a better person". I suppose like Phoenix rising from the ashes. He seemed hopeful and grateful for what he had.
A few of the 30,000 runners from 70 different countries competing in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2024.
Toronto,Ontario
Canada
I noticed the "Disco Love" patch on this chap's jacket, I wonder if that's what he's grooving to on his headphones? Quick candid snap from the old, stone bridge over the Union Canal from this afternoon's stroll
Workers taking a quick mid-day nap on a stack of rolled carpets they are supposed to lay out for an event held in Lumphini park.
Bangkok, Thailand; 2017
My kids are quickly becoming South Jersey/Cherry Hill kids, but they are still Californians at heart. As a person who has photographed families and kids for 7 years now that FOUR YEARS OLD is the sweet spot. They are agreeable and easy to make laugh at that age. Looking at photos of DJ I am starting to realize that is where my sweet spot was with him and DASH is quickly becoming a favorite to photograph because he wants to.
I created a new tumblr "For Portraits Sake" to showcase some of my favorite photos I take and see around my travels through the interwebs
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Lower Castle Street, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
About those photographs.
The 2022 Bristol Pride started at Castle Park, moved into Castle Street, and turned left into Lower Castle Street, heading north towards Penn Street. Those photographs were taken somewhere near the NCP Broadmead car park next to the Marriott hotel. It was approximately about 15 minutes after the start of the march.
I took up a position near the car park’s entrance. In the wide photo (0251), you’ll notice the KEEP CLEAR wording painted on the road, and the lowered kerb (in American-English: “crub”), that is where the entrance to the car park is.
This was where I spotted the guy with baseball cap, sunglasses, and a rainbow mask around his face, holding up a placard. I had noticed that thousands of people on the march had showed their faces, only a very rare number would choose to hide their faces.
In the second photo (0263), I zoomed to the 200mm length and took some shots of the guy. I have no idea who he is, when preparing the photos for uploading to Flickr, I simply called him “The Masked Man.”
It had occurred to me that I had taken zoomed in photos of him for uploading to Flickr or Instagram or whatever, to showcase my experience and skills, and considering that he wants his identify hidden, he may want his privacy.
So I went over to him, to ask him for his permissions. Here is where it gets interesting…
Bearing in mind that I am a deaf person with speech impaired, often mispronouncing my words, and that he is wearing a mask over his mouth, making lip-reading impossible for me.
So how do we communicate with each other? No problem! The simple fact is…
Days before coming down to Bristol to cover this event, I had prepared some kind of ID tag of my own, stating that I’m a photographer and that I’m deaf. On the other side was a simple typed text, that simply asked “May I have permissions to publish the photos online? I ask out of respect because you are clearly seen in the photographs.”
On this day, at that point, I went up to him, and I said to him “Excuse me, I’m deaf.” Then I held up the back of my ID tag, let him read the wording.
Even thought he’s wearing a mask around his mouth, so if he were to say something like “Sure, go ahead.” It would be impossible to know, but no problem there. As he knows I’m a deaf person, all he did was simply nod his head.
When I was in my last year at a deaf school, I told the hearing teacher that I wanted to get into college and study photography. I was told that I can’t become a photographer because I’m deaf and how am I supposed to communicate. Even my mother agrees with the teacher and wasn’t supportive of my aims.
It’s not like I wanted to become a wedding photographer, which would need a lot of communications between the photographer and the wedding party.
My mother, her friends, the teachers, and most other people, were all wrong. Even thought it is difficult for me as a photographer to do this kind of photography, it should be seen as a challenge to overcome, not a barrier.
So, I got his permissions to publish the photos, and there it is.
About the event.
Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.
The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.
The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium.
The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.
After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
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..remembering that time when tourist would visit & try & chat up our women....& men.
Urban Solid work on Brick lane in 2017.
Booty's Beauty Makeup & Poeme Earrings
Items found at the Appalachian Event and The Wash!
Appalachian runs until May 20th
The Wash ends on May 16th
Taken @ Kona Beach And Surfing
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Music: Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys
Mike was sitting on a bench on the northwest side of Wacker and Franklin, overlooking the Riverwalk. He's a veteran who served in the Army for four years, then honorably discharged. "A woman was pulling at my heart strings", he smiled, "I should have made a career out of it". At the moment, he lives in a remodeled garage with another man. "It's pretty cheap. We're renting it from a guy who likes helping out the homeless." I gave him a list of temp agencies within walking distance and his eyes lit up. "I'm a hard worker and can do most anything", he said. Anyone who's served in the military is capable of anything. I'm confident Mike will find a job.
A man enjoying a glass of wine on the upstairs window ledge over looking the crowded street below.
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
This is fellow photographer, standing in as my model on strobist meetup in Palo Alto.
Strobist info:
Near sunset with sun light to the right and Flash fill on the left. Full power with 1/2 CTO at ISO 100.
Copyright Robert W. Dickinson. Unauthorized use of this image without my express permission is a violation of copyright law.
This shoot was for promotional pictures for NGD Clothing www.ngdclothing.com/ in Phoenix, Arizona. To my knowledge, none of these pictures have been used in their promotional material. The shoot location was courtesy of Pixyst Studio www.pixyst.com/ in Chandler, Arizona.
Strobist info: main light Alien Bees AB400 camera left fired into a 45" silver umbrella and fill light AB400 camera right fired into a 45" white umbrella, with lights set for a 3:1 ratio. An AB1600 hair light was placed high on a boom behind Tiffany, power unrecorded (probably 1/2 or full power). This light had a 20-degree grid and barn doors to prevent excess light spill all over the place. All lights triggered with Pocket Wizards. An assistant held a round silver Flexfill reflector just below the bottom of the picture to fill shadows in Tiffany's face.
Light work in Portrait Professional. Finished with an onOne Effects Presets Movie Looks Lord of the Rings layer at 50% opacity.
Olympus E-M5 with Panasonic 45-150mm f4.0-5.6 lens. Shot at ISO 400, f7.1 at 1/100 second.
I was out for a post wedding photography trip to town, I often too this the day after a wedding just to shoot a different style and clear my mind before I review the wedding images.
Arnab and I spotted a cool black backdrop that I hadn't used since 2011 flic.kr/p/a34NWc and then I spotted Arthur walking by and figured he would contrast well in this scenario.
We popped the reflector out and cracked off a few full length and a coupe of headshot images.
He was as cool as he looks, having been out during the day he was now on his way to meet his girlfriend from work.
A pleasurable guy to run into and it was good to add to my project having spent most of the day wandering with the camera talking and eating rather than making images!
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This is image 49/100 in my 4th set of images in my 100Strangers ongoing project.
Check out the wonderful work of the other contributors to the 100 Strangers Group on flickr!