So this is my first post here. Yay!
So this first one was taken on any given weekday on 5th ave in NY. I love the streets and the randomness of encounters that happen every day. This image strikes me because The man with glasses is observing a moment of the "boxer's" life in progress, and I am observing them both.
The stillness of the observer and the motion of the boxer are vastly different energies, but they combine nicely.
Just snapped and got a nice moment. Ricoh GR-Digital... Gem of a camera.
It has it flaws, but I accept them and right now it's the only camera I use.
f4, 1/60, 100iso
This next one was taken on 9/11/05... : (
Rooftop in Williamsburg Brooklyn looking west to downtown Manhattan. The image looked far better in BW than color as I feel that the memorial itself is sort of a polarized image and moment in NY. We look at the lights and we think of the disaster although we continue on our days. The moment of that disaster is so clear in memory, yet it really stands as a snapshot in history already. I just felt color felt wrong. Like the image needed more of a sense of nostalgia to avoid being harsh.
It's shot with a Leica Digilux 2; f2, 2 seconds, 100 iso.
And this one was shot using the same camera...
It's a random trailer park in the Canadian Rockies. Somewhere between Vancouver and Calgary. I liked how it was a typical low-income trailer park with all of the typical trapping of one, yet it's really surreal to see it in the context of the beautiful surroundings. It just goes to show that riches aren't always measured in monetary terms. I feel like having that peaceful environment around you makes you richer than most. Years of city living make me want nature, but only in harmony with modern culture. This trailer park is very heavenly...
f7.1 1/1000, 200 iso
Personally for my style of shooting, I use nothing but digicams.
I hope to get the DP-1 as I hear it's amazing.
Would love the Epson RD-1, but it's a bit out of my range.
Feel free to critique my work...
Cheers!
B