Everday Moments: Framed

This month's photography circle assignment was framing, which is a technique in which you use existing elements in your environment to frame your subject. I was excited for this assignment but also found it quite challenging at times. I now find myself constantly looking for framing opportunities even when I don't have my camera with me!

 

Please join me around the circle to see what Katherine, my talented photography friend has captured this month with her camera.

Everyday Moments - Light

           "Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are

          worth, and you will know the key to photography.”  - George Eastman

This month our Everyday Moments photography circle has decided to focus on light.  It's been hard to capture anything outside without my hands feeling frostbitten. This month's circle post is a bit of a hodgepodge. There is no theme here, except playing with light. The first photo was taken during the midmorning harsh sun. I liked the shadows created by the fire escape above. The next photo was taken at night while out with Sarah Murchison in Tribeca. Our friend and fellow photographer, Meredith, showed us a new technique called freelensing. It's a fun technique where you remove your lens but hold it up to your sensor, providing you with a dreamy blurred image.

 North side of Duane Street

South side of Reade Street, looking East towards the Reade Street Pub



Please join me around the circle and to see what Jennifer has done this month.

Size and Scale

This month's Project '13 Blog Circle subject was size and scale. I really had a hard time figuring out what to photograph. I didn't want to do something staged but then I caved and tried a few things. One of which was photographing one of my son's matchbox cars on a cobblestone but it didn't provide the effect I was looking for. A few days later I luckily came across news via Tribeca Citizen that the underground World Trade Center PATH passageway opened. The passageway links the World Financial Center in Battery Park to the PATH station at the World Trade Center. It is very beautiful and a nice diversion from my regular walk across the West Side Highway (much safer too).

The passageway is a sea of white marble and is truly magnificent. My son calls it "cloud city". It really was the perfect place to showcase size and scale. The first photograph looks East towards the WFC side.

 Very long and steep escalators lead you up to the WFC in Battery Park.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my size and scale post. Please continue around the circle to see what my talented friend Sarah has done this month for size and scale, here.

Simple Things

This month the theme for our photography circle is Simple Things. This can be interpreted in many ways so I was constantly asking myself "is this too complicated, or simple enough"? I photographed my son and his friends at our local sandbox one afternoon. These kids were highly entertained by the simple things a sandbox can offer and no one was on an IPad that day!  Here is my interpretation of Simple Things.

 

Please join me in following around the circle to see Melissa's interpretation of the Simple Things.

School Days

I am excited to say that I was recently invited to participate in a photography blog circle by my friend Sarah. We are given a different topic each month and this month's topic was School Days. I had a hard time with this one since my son didn't start school until September 11. On our way to the first day of school I noticed that the city felt different, not only because everyone was back from their summer vacations but because it was the 12 year anniversary of September 11, 2001. The looks on faces was not quite the same, and there was a quietness, even though there were throngs of people on the streets. Here is what we encountered on our way to the first day of school.

 

Please continue around the circle to see what my new friend and photographer Katherine has done this month for School Days.