"Morning Commute"There are so many photos from this Friday morning that I could have uploaded, but I chose this one, because I was pleased with the capture of the man walking across the street. It reminded me of this Henri Cartier-Bresson photo that I have loved since I first discovered it in an undergraduate course on photography at BU: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_cartierbresson_europe.jpg
On this particular Friday morning in the city, I went to the Today Show, mainly because I wanted to get on TV with my University of Aberdeen banner. I stood outside in the freezing cold for one hour, waiting for the half-hourly moments when the camera crew came outside to film those short crowd segments. After an hour, I gave up, I was so cold (I did make onto the TV, though!). Then I walked around a bit, and found a place where they were doing road works, and there was a typical New York scene of smoke billowing out of a manhole. So, I started snapping. You can see the rest of my NY adventures here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=269301&id=529082182&l=c69dffb8fb
I feel inclined to brag that Amy takes these photos with her P&S! I commented to her in NYC that she is an example of knowing how to use your camera for what it can do. And she certainly knows what it can do. Sometimes I get so caught up in wanting to do something with an image that I ignore the camera's capabilities (no matter which camera I am using at the time).
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Thanks, Lori! That is so sweet! :) Thank you for noticing that. I wanted to say that one thing I was particularly happy with, with regard to my NY pics, was that even though I did edit all of them, I easily could not have. I was really pleased with the way they came out in the camera! But I chose to edit them to enhance them, because I really love strong contrasts and bold colours.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I was not that thrilled with this camera when I first got it, but it does pretty well for itself! :) I agree - P&S - wow.
More of Amy breaking the rules the way they were meant to be broken. Great job!
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