So here are four pictures I took lately, on another photo expedition with Jeni.
The first one is a picture I took on the fly at a bagel shop in Astoria. Jeni and I had a fun day, but we started out sitting in this bagel shop trying to figure out how to thread film in the SLR that Jeni's mom sent her from Bakersfield. It's a really nice camera, and it was really pathetic that it took us two rolls of film and about eight tries to finally get this manual wind camera to accept the film and take pictures, but we did get it to work and had a great day. I like the contrast in this shot, and for some reason lately I've been really into putting the subjects of the photo at the edge of the picture, with blank space at the center. I don't know why, but I like how it looks.
This picture was taken in Astoria as well, while walking south along 47th something (ave, road, street, who knows). I just love that it's this old run-down rowhouse, that has been converted into several apartments, but still has this pretty sculpture in front.
So I blew out some highlights in this third one, as you can see in the upper right hand corner. Kind of rough, but I thought it was cool how I actually caught a picture of myself taking the picture on the window of the subway car, that's me on the lower left.
So when I took this picture I actually had no idea what I would get, because I simply stuck my lens through a hole in a plywood fence and took some snaps. I really like how this one came out, and I think the graffiti on the wall is really cool
So I really like stopping action, and I think the following four pictures are cool in that regard. The first one is obviously a guy kicking a soccer ball around. I was a little far away to catch any of the good juggling, but I like this one.
