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This building faces west. Unless it doesn’t.
My memory maintains that this bank of windows faced west, catching the late-afternoon sun. That may be true.
It is equally likely that they faced north and the glow is reflected light from a tall building nearby.
Most of the time I have a good sense of direction. There are a few places, though, where I always get lost. San Antonio, Texas: I can get lost walking around the block. Espanola, New Mexico: pretty sure I will end up permanently circling that place one of these days, looking for the highway to Abiququ. And Boston: I never knew WHERE I was, other than “in Boston.” And even that might not have been accurate, because I sure could have been in Charlestown or Cambridge or…
Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 8.31.2010
Also: I am going on a bit of a vacation. To someplace without much internet access. The posts will continue, and please leave comments. I will answer them as I can, and promise to get to all of them sooner or later. The internet and I will reconvene on July 7.
Closer to the light
When I am wandering around in my archive, looking for something to post, I generally ignore anything with sun flares. Other photographers do cool things with them, but I almost never get anything that looks like the flares are there for a reason (other than, you know, pointing the camera at the sun.)
This shot, of an old roadside store, caught my attention. And I don’t even know why.
I am still not too much a fan of the flares, but I make up for it by how much I like the dappled light on the floor.
And, to head off on a completely random tangent, this tiny town in the Texas Panhandle has a very interesting history. During World War II, there was a prisoner of war camp, housing Italian prisoners, in a nearby town; seven of these prisoners painted decorative designs on the interior of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Umbarger. Here’s a story about it on National Public Radio. The church has recently had the paintings restored, and if you make arrangements in advance, some of the members of the church can meet you there and show you around.
Not the sort of thing you hear about every day…
Umbarger, Texas
photographed 1.21.2012
Goal Post
I don’t think you have to even be a football fan to realize that maybe it’s been a season or two since teams took to this field.
(now defunct) Wellman Union School
Terry County, Texas
photographed 7.4.2012
The light from the other side
By now, I am sure that everyone knows that I think alleys are just a great place to look for photographic opportunities.
When I was in Chicago, walking up (I think it was “up”) Michigan Avenue (unless it was another street), I saw this fantastic scene: an alley that was below street level, that curved away from me, but toward the light.
I wanted to follow it.
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 4.13.2013
