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Light and the iris leaves
A hilltop and windswept cemetery, an obelisk-shaped marker, and the backlit iris leaves were all I needed.
Guthrie, Texas
photographed 9.17.2021
Rectilinear
Later this month, I will be out on the road for the better part of a week, shooting a new project. Since it’s been a while since I’ve done that sort of trip, I decided to take myself on a shakedown trip – reminding myself how to travel, how to drive, how to read maps, how to navigate myself in unfamiliar areas. And that’s the reason I found myself in Grandfield, Oklahoma, on a Saturday morning. I looked at the downtown and the side streets and the residents looked at me.
It was perfect.
Grandfield, Oklahoma
photographed 9.18.2021
Stairs + Chimneys
Walk around back.
Look at what’s behind you.
Look up, too.
(Some of my rules when I’m out making photos.)
Beacon Hill
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021
Obligatory Location
It was a delightful coincidence that my work trip to Boston could be arranged to allow me to participate in a group photo walk through the lovely Beacon Hill neighborhood. If I am being honest, places like Beacon Hill aren’t my favorite locations; it is much tidier and well-kept than the places I like to shoot. Plus the class required the use of a 50mm lens, and it is not a lens I automatically use.
Challenges are good, though. They make your brain work in different ways, make your eyes seek different subjects. Those are always excellent exercises for photographers and I am very happy that I was able to take the class.
And that’s the long way of explaining that this street seems to be the most famous street in all of Boston, and so I sort of had to photograph it.
Beacon Hill
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021
Sun/flower
It was a lovely afternoon to wander the North End, and I was lucky enough to have my friend Don there to show me the coolest things. Like this tiny corner market were the proprietors were selling flowers and a few vegetables. I like to think I am proficient at exploring new places by myself, but one thing I learned that day is that having an expert along is a big help, if he or she knows where the wicked cool stuff is located!
North End
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021
One Day | One Image 