Creativity in/out. Photography. Travel. Etc.
life goals
Is this guy in a legit gunfight with his neighbors?
lets hope
I just love that he’s using a p08 too
Motherfuckin Hunter S Thompson… That dude was on so many drugs.
That’s an Artillery Luger too. Crazy
Best part is the comments from people who don’t know who HST is
1. Pour one finger of Johnnie Walker Double Black into a highball glass
2. Realize you picked up the wrong bottle
3. Curse
4. Question why you even own a bottle of Double Black, just as everyone does when they visit your house
5. Swirl the scotch around your glass, coating the sides
6. Pour out the contents of the glass
7. Pour two fingers of Johnnie Walker Green into the same highball glass
8. Add two cubes of ice
9. Enjoy.
#CurateThis | A Closer Look
This stunning photograph of a man pushing a garment cart down a New York City street captures the intensity and incredible perspective of Louis Draper’s photographs. Recently in the news, but often celebrated in his hometown of Richmond, VA, Louis Draper moved to New York City in 1957. Six years later, Draper was a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of African American photographers. As VMFA curator Sarah Eckhardt writes in Blackbird, “Having recently read Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta, Draper suggested kamoingeas their title because it means “a group of people acting and working together” in the language of the Kikuyu people. Drapers work is an important milestone in the history of American photography.
Tried out the #ilford bartya paper. It’s thick like lightweight cardboard. Great tone & gloss. I’d like to find a way to frame it that shows off the thickness. #blackandwhite #bandw #nature #print #contrast (at Richmond, Virginia)
I’m the recent beneficiary of my father’s fickle taste in photo gear, acquiring the 85mm f/1.8 and the 17-85mm f/4-5.6. Which two of the five would you bring on a trip to a new city and why? #canonphotography #photogear #lenses #lens #cannon #photography #gear
The iconic Lower Falls at Yellowstone National Park. Get there at the right time in the morning and you’re treated to a rainbow in its mist. #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #nationalpark #waterfall #rainbow #spectrum #river #nature #landscape #bluesky (at Yellowstone National Park)
It is said that “the best camera is the one you have with you” (often attributed to Henri Cartier-Bresson, by my google-fu this morning hasn’t turned up an authoritative source for that.)
For a large number of people these days, that at least includes a smartphone with a built-in digital camera. That covers a lot of general purpose use cases - snapshots in good lighting, landscapes, food served at a restaurant, and with some skill/practice/luck, trickier and more creative shots.
I generally intend to carry a second camera with me always as a reminder to Do Creative Things at All Times, but I find that I like to travel as light as possible, so it usually gets left in the car, or at home. In turn, my iPhone doesn’t feel like as much of a camera because it doesn’t offer as many creative composition options as I’d like (yes, yes, but there is creativity in constraints).
After meditating on it for a while, I realized that what I really wanted was a wide-angle lens for the iPhone. After a short bit of research, I chose the Aukey 3-in-1 clip-on lens kit, and I’m super happy with it.
The weather is cold this time of year where I live, so I usually wear a hoodie or jacket, and I slip the Aukey lenses, nestled inside the included carrying pouch, into the pocket of my outer layer. Every time I reach my hands in the pockets, I’m reminded that I really am carrying a camera, and it gives me pause to think: what creative image could I make right now?
Pattern made from feather detail of recent hawk photo I took. There’s a couple places I’d like to do more work on but I’m happy with where it’s going. #pattern #hawk #nature #reuse #fabric #brown #feathers (at Richmond, Virginia)
Sending off a lone roll of #35mm #fujifilm to @thedarkroomlab for processing. The sad thing is I know I had a light leak from a issue with the winder on the #Leica hanging up during rewind (or maybe I was rushing) but I’m hopeful for a few good frames and will chalk the rest up to “the creative process” (at Richmond, Virginia)
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