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Some photographs begin with a face.
Others begin with a pair of red heels.
A quiet road, a strong perspective and one bold splash of colour. Shot from almost ground level, the centre line leads straight through the frame while Ruby’s red heels turn a simple moment into something between portrait, fashion and visual storytelling.
Sometimes changing the point of view is all it takes.
I've been in Los Angeles now for almost 11 months and with Winter just around the corner, this will likely end up being my first year without snow (unless it starts soon in the mountains) and without an Autumn. People out here insist there is an Autumn though they also think perfect weather is hot, hazy, clear skies. If there was an Autumn, I think I missed it, or at least what I became used to on the East Coast.
To me, Autumn is when the leaves start to change colors and then fall, when damp, crisp overcast days become something you wake up to and the air just feels cleaner. I think it's the best season of the year and while I've seen some more interesting skies and a slight dip in temperatures lately, that's about it. All I see around me and the locations I visit are palm trees and other vegetation that require little to no water. I'm still waiting on some rain without the accompanying winds of last winter but so far it's been dry.
This time last year, I had just decided to pack up and head to California but still was a month or so away from actually leaving. During the end of October through the beginning of December, I spent nearly all my days driving around the countryside with Scotch, searching for streams and waterfalls to shoot. The first place I became very obsessed with and returned to quite often was a waterfall just over the Maryland border in Cumberland Township near Barlow, Pennsylvania. In fact the day I found this place by accident (hoping that Natural Dam Road on my GPS would lead to water), it was just after a storm and the colorful autumn leaves were filling the trees and beginning to fall into the creek below.
While I can't discount how great it was to discover this place initially and the feeling that I had this perfect spot to practice long exposure all to myself, I got bolder and better with each trip back. I got closer and closer to the water with every return and eventually began setting up almost at water level on a little piece of land that jutted out from the shore. Most of the time, I parked my car in a ditch up the embankment to the road and Scotch would hang out in the car while I shot. I was never out of his sight and since it was already getting cold, he didn't mind at all. He was still happy just to go anywhere I'd take him and I generally didn't stay long when he was with me. On the trips I came here alone, I spent a considerable amount of time standing in a few inches of water and taking hundreds of shots as the light faded away. This place also became my main shooting location when the sky was clear since I didn't expect a nice sunset anyway.
For this shot, I was only a foot or so above the water and despite a storm mostly washing away all the colorful autumn leaves, a few stuck around on that giant rock. I guess I didn't get an Autumn this year but that's really one of only a few things I miss about the Washington, DC area. It's been amazing out here so far and I can skip a season, even if it is my favorite one. I spent a few years living in the snow belt in Western Pennsylvania and anytime I feel the need to complain about the sunny, clear, warm days in Southern California, I should think back to the most depressing weather I've ever experienced and be even more fortunate for where I am now :)
WHEN & WHERE
Cumberland Township
Barlow, Pennsylvania
November 1st, 2015
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@81mm
ISO 100
f/19
13 second
ND6 + CPL
There we were on the beach at Horsey in Norfolk to try and get some reasonable images of the Seals, when as an added bonus, a whole bunch of these little fella's trotted past right in front of my lens.
Test shots with a 16mm lens
A view of Via Giannantonio Manci in Trento, looking towards Palazzo Trentini
La tour du 900 Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Conçue par Chevalier Morales Architectes, cette tour de 63 étages est un chef-d’œuvre moderne qui réinterprète le patrimoine architectural historique de Montréal à travers un prisme contemporain. Saisissante, son enveloppe minérale est composée de panneaux de béton préfabriqués sculptés, agencés selon un motif de trame complexe s'apparentant à du textile. L'élément unique visible au sommet de ma photo est sa couronne à ossature ouverte, qui abrite un espace vert en toiture doté de vastes ouvertures de fenêtres structurelles plutôt que de murs pleins typiques. Elle a reçu un prestigieux Prix d'excellence de Canadian Architect pour sa maîtrise structurelle et sa conception novatrices.
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Designed by Chevalier Morales Architectes, this 63-storey tower is a modern masterpiece that reinterprets Montréal's historic architectural heritage through a contemporary lens. Its striking mineral envelope is composed of sculpted precast concrete panels arranged in a complex, textile-like grid pattern. The unique feature seen at the top of my photo is its open-framed crown, which encloses a rooftop green space with massive structural window openings instead of typical solid walls. It received a prestigious Canadian Architect Award of Excellence for its innovative structural mastery and design.
There are several cool places in Chicago to get these repeating elements, line and light kind of shots.
This one is the south side of the Boeing building - which is interesting architecturally too for its structural system that uses steel trusses to suspend the corner above the Amtrak and Metra railroad tracks below this walkway.
I started the morning on Hailuoto island shooting hawks during their early hunt and managed to get some amazing shots. While scanning the surroundings for more action, I suddenly noticed a curious Stoat (Mustela erminea) watching me from a gravel road.
I quickly lowered myself down to the road level to get onto its eye line. Instead of running away, the fast little predator started sprinting directly toward me, occasionally pausing at the edge of the ditch before getting incredibly close. It was an unforgettable experience to witness this elusive creature from just a few feet away!
he stands. the light comes from behind, it burns his shirt white. he holds the machine. the saw. dust rises, caught in the light. like smoke. or steam. he is cutting the stone. the ground is broken. it is just work. a simple, hard fact.
I took this photo in Venice, Italy.
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Shooting from the hip - - well unless you are very small, no even lower. This is about as far down as I can reach without bending or stooping.
The Olympus EP-L3 with this little Lumix lens is rely small so I can hold the camera by the top corner giving me an extra couple of inches and still reach the shutter release.
Wellington, Somerset, UK.
I shot this back at the tail end of October on I think my 4th trip to Venice in the previous month. Each of those visits had a very different feel weather and condition wise and this day followed that same pattern. It had felt like it could rain at any moment but didn't, and the weather at the beach was fairly pleasant despite the constant appearance of gray and blue cloves covering nearly the entire sky. It was brighter than it looked since golden sunlight hid just behind the clouds and occasionally would find a hole to pour out of. Winds were calm, waves were well shaped and larger than usual and the shoreline was incredibly reflective.
The day got off to a rocky start when I arrived later than I hoped due--as always--to poor time management and planning. Despite bringing my full bag of batteries for the grip, I neglected to switch the two in the camera before leaving and they died about five minutes after I set up and started shooting. No problem...but I of course left the bag of batteries sitting on the front seat. I ran back to the car very annoyed and managed to get back to my spot in about 10 minutes or so. Further, I was interrupted just before the sun began to set by two people who wanted their photo taken with my camera and they wouldn't budge until I obliged. that alone wasted five minutes of of probably the best conditions on the day. It appeared some sort of filming was going on to my right on the other side of those rocks frequently in my shots and to top things off, there was an large, marginally organized collection of hyper dogs in halloween costumes parading about on the pedestrian path. It was a lot of chaos in the early going but it did settle down after a bit.
There were only a handful of people on the shoreline most of the late afternoon and even with a few extra onlookers at sundown, it emptied out quickly after. The blue and gray clouds slowly darkened and the orangish hues low along the horizon would become hidden or obscured each time a large wave would crash. This is the same sailboat from one of the earlier posts but it's mostly concealed by the wave between us. I rarely focus on boats along the horizon because if I adjust my focus at that level, it often makes the foreground much less detailed and after all, the reflections are the main reason I come here. I did however want to get a few waves separating the blue sky and shore and when I noticed the boat, decided to track it for a minute or two as it sailed to my left.I set the tripod about a foot off the wet sand, adjusted my focus between the waves and horizon and found a shutter speed I liked. I seem to capture a sailboat in the distance every time I come here but they rarely take up more than a few minutes of my time while hoping a nice wave would make one stand out. The waves and reflection were the stars of the night and I was happy that a good amount of shots from this group turned out well. I have about a dozen that have either great waves or the sailboat floating past an interesting part of the sky.
I'm still curious what the view of a good sunset is like out at sea compared to where I set up on the shore but until some rich lady with a yacht decides to make me her handsome travel companion, I'm fine with the view from this spot. Also, sharks are out there and I'm probably delicious.
WHEN & WHERE
Venice Beach
Venice, California
October 30th, 2016
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@64mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/25th second
CPL
UC San Diego's peerless Sun God as would be seen from a fish somehow plucked from the Pacific Ocean, then laid down in front of the sculpture about a ten-minute drive uphill from the coast, traffic signals willing. The fisheye lens offers an acceptable simulation without harm to sea creatures.
Shot using a Rokinon (made by Samyang) 8mm f3.5 aspherical fisheye lens.
A low-angle look across a misty forest floor, framing the pinecones in the foreground against the dramatic silhouettes of towering pine trees. Shot in high-contrast black and white.
2/52 "Low Angle" Collective 52
74. "Straight or Narrow" 117 pictures in 2017
Grotty weather today, so indoor play today :) Hopefully this qualifies for "Low Angle".
Also reckon straws are both straight and narrow :)
Hawa Mahal is made of red and pink, red stone and is a fusion of Rajput and Islamic styles of architecture. These systematically built red domed canopies with golden tip and the arches pictured against clear beautiful blue sky are very eye catching.
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Corridors of the Garden Phoenix Hotel in Changsha, Hunan, China.
The ceilings are painted like the Sistine Chapel, very ornate and impressive!
It's just beautiful .... glad we stayed there.
22/04/2013 - Explore #1
Happy Monday!
(better view in lightbox or on black)
Well...I finally returned to Venice tonight. I had my fingers crossed the entire 53 minute drive that the intermittent rain drops wouldn't turn into a shower and that the very cloudy sky wouldn't vanish prior to my arrival. The rain never came and the clouds were still there long after I left.
A lot has changed in my photography and post abilities since I arrived in California Christmas Eve. While those first few trips to Venice in January and February were amazing, I struggled a bit to be efficient. The reflections, sky and quickly fading winter light left me in a frenzy to get in a lot of long exposures, reflections and shots of the pier in no real order and despite taking roughly a 1,000 shots during those trips, many were unusable. I was focused on getting it all in and hoping somewhere in the quantity was some quality. I have a much better plan now and all the time spent the last couple months capturing Scotch in those very low light settings forced me to be a lot more precise with my shooting decisions and gave me a better understanding of what it means to be patient. I was very hopeful that some of those aspects I've been trying to refine would yield a much more consistent set of shots this time around.
Venice is an amazing place. The low tide that slowly pushes across the shore was even more recessed tonight, perhaps 30ft closer to the sea and the flat reflection shore seemed like it was 200 feet long. There were perfect reflections everywhere and every direction. I arrived about a half hour before sunset and set up to shoot some very low angle reflections. As the light shifted between me and Santa Monica, I abandoned the pier and focused on the crimson sunset. As with previous trips, a dozen or so people showed up with camera phones out a few minute before and after the sunset and then scattered off to whenever they were going before. I saw a sky similar to this here back in january and still look at and post photos from that trip. Each time i saw the sky like this in Venice, it was in the exact same spot and seemed to appear almost in an instant. I took a few long exposures to start with the 10 stop filter, but then decided to get natural looking shots and tried hard to frame well for a panorama since I didn't want to cut out any of this sky and had no desire to back up.
My last trip here came in March and was a major disappointment due to weather conditions, an overall bad shoot, a parking ticket and a smashed rear bumper. Ever since, I've hoped for a return of clouds and a colorful sky and with a favorable forecast I decided to return tonight and was so glad I did. This is a 3 photo panorama. The rocks on the right sit right by the giant lifeguard headquarters which separates Venice from Santa Monica it seems. This is my favorite spot in Venice to shoot and far enough from the pier to at least give me a chance to find street parking. I have the feeling that Venice will end up as my default location for sunsets though I definitely won't stop exploring the Southern California coast any time soon. Seems like I'm going to be here a while...
▪️WHEN & WHERE▪️
•Venice Beach
•Venice, California
•September 19th, 2016
▪️SETTINGS▪️
Canon T4i
•EF-S18-135mm IS STM
•3 photo panorama
•@18mm
•ISO 100
•f/5
•1/135th second
•CPL
Países Bajos - Gouda - Ayuntamiento
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ENGLISH:
In the summer of 1438, a major city fire caused serious damage to the Town Hall. The city council decided that the new town hall should be free and chose the market field, then still a swampy peat bog, as the new location. On the right-hand side façade, you can see the chimes with the mechanical puppets, installed in 1961. The protagonist of the puppet show is Floris V, who granted Gouda city rights in 1272.
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ESPAÑOL:
El Stadhuis es de uno de los ayuntamientos de estilo gótico más antiguos de los Países Bajos. Fue construido en piedra entre 1448 y 1450, tras el último gran incendio, sufriendo alguna modificación en 1692 y 1880. La última restauración tuvo lugar en 1996. La escalinata de estilo renacentista data de 1603. El carillón del lateral es de los años sesenta y se trata de un regalo del director de una compañía de seguros.