I would prefer to believe she was thinking of our present political situation and this was a scream instead of a yawn. | Continue reading
He went on to climb higher until his mother, in no uncertain terms, intervened. | Continue reading
Taking street photographs the way I do, sometimes provides me the opportunity to peer a little bit into people’s lives. For instance this man was sitting next to a guy who sells a pape… | Continue reading
Only recently have I begun to have more faith in shooting wider. My Ricoh GR has an excellent 28mm lens but because it also has an ASPC sensor, I have tended to crop a lot of my photographs since, … | Continue reading
Avoiding things. I’m an expert. Yet putting things off hardly ever solves anything. So why do we keep doing it? Because we’re either lazy or scared of the unknown. Neither is a valid ex… | Continue reading
This is taken in our local Starbucks at midday. I was struck by how many people, especially the ones in the foreground, seemed not particularly engaged with anybody. The exception to this is the la… | Continue reading
For those of you who are not aware of the self-aware brick clad, gentile antiquity of our area, I offer the pose of this gentleman. | Continue reading
These photographs were taken about 5 minutes apart this morning as I was on my way to get groceries. I’m struck by how deep in thought both these women seem to be. Yet how can one be sure? So… | Continue reading
I often stick my camera in other people’s faces to get a shot. This guy turned the tables on me. | Continue reading
In todays’ digital age a lot of people, including me, place a good deal of stress on just getting noticed. Sure the photo above is an arresting image but if that’s all it is, that̵… | Continue reading
With the increasing social discord in this country it can’t be easy for a black guard in a wildly upscale shopping center where the affluence level of, mostly white, shoppers is off the chart… | Continue reading
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Henry David Thoreau | Continue reading
There are a number of people around Boston Common who feed the pigeons like this. Wads of breadcrumbs and popcorn are used to attract large gatherings of these birds who often land on their benefac… | Continue reading
I really do wonder how our pervasive digital world is affecting our health. Both physical and especially mental. Speaking for myself, I’m vacillating between deleting all social media and emb… | Continue reading
This week promises to be very hot and muggy. For kids, and adults too, there’s a place in the Harvard campus area that provides the perfect escape. It’s a cute little fountain setup tha… | Continue reading
There’s a little convenience store a very short distance from where we live. Right across the street from the Massachusetts State House in fact. Coming back home today I passed this guy shove… | Continue reading
I’m drawn towards taking photographs of older people. They have more striking faces than the plump, unlined ones of youth. Their eyes especially speak to the journey they’ve been on. | Continue reading
With all the terrible news these days, I thought I would just post a happy picture of a bunch of people cooling off in Boston’s Frog Pond. | Continue reading
As I approached this lady she was deep in her book and sipping a lemonade. It wasn’t really a good picture so I went by her and headed towards Boylston Street. On a hunch I glanced back at he… | Continue reading
It seems that getting information from something made of paper is pretty unusual these days. Here’s a rare photo of a man, beating the heat, obviously enjoying something that doesn’t ta… | Continue reading
During the day a lot of people can be found on this stone bench. It’s a comfortable place to sit. However, the distressing thing is that those who find their way here are often pretty much do… | Continue reading
It’s all in the yellow lines! | Continue reading
There is no easy way to title this photograph. The figures in at are a total disconnect. On the right six women seem to be engaged in some sort of project while on the left a girl with a red shirt … | Continue reading
I saw this coming about ten steps away. When the photo finally got taken the sneeze had just happened and he was taking his tee-shirt away from his nose. I would have liked to have been able to tak… | Continue reading
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. | Continue reading
We’ve got a wading pool here in Boston called the Frog Pond. (My blog is named after it.) On a hot sunny weekend the place is packed with little people having a wonderful time. This little gi… | Continue reading
It is brutally hot today. Over 90 and muggy enough to bring the strong to their knees. As we are in a city there are always plenty of street vendors around wanting to sell heat relief of one sort o… | Continue reading
This guy has been around our neighborhood before. Besides being totally confused about his sign, consider this, the temperature when I took this was 90 degrees and he’s dressed in layers of b… | Continue reading
I have no idea of what’s actually going on here but I like the confluence of shapes. | Continue reading
I’ve been reading about Sally Mann lately. How she takes her photographs with ancient cameras and early printing techniques. How she avoids sharpness and loves the impurities that creep into … | Continue reading
“Take my picture man! Art is everything” He had a good point. So I did. | Continue reading
I apologize for being so cynical but the news of late is so damn awful. It’s too bad this nice street shot had to be given such a gloomy title but that’s just the way I currently feel. … | Continue reading
Couldn’t resist. I was just going to call this a red, white and blue abstract but the lock and colors were too much of a temptation. | Continue reading
The pen has been said to be mightier than the sword. I submit it can also be mightier than the camera. | Continue reading
I never saw what she was pointing at, but the wall and their postures were the real story. The picture is even somewhat out of focus but I don’t care. The color was too good to ignore. | Continue reading
There’s a wonderful place in Boston called the News Feed Cafe. It’s located right off the entrance to the new wing of our main public library. Beside serving good coffee, tea and tasty … | Continue reading
Here is a window cleaning guy hoisting a bucket up to his buddy. Nothing particularly dramatic going on but the yellow coat, the absence of other figures and his pose certainly helps. | Continue reading
Often when I go by this particular spot by the entrance to the main branch of Boston’s Public Library there’s a resting figure on it. Generally their posture/pose is not particularly no… | Continue reading
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Plato | Continue reading
Let’s start with a formal portrait of a young man who calls himself Odz Nens. He has set up his typewriter and chair near Boston’s Frog Pond. He creates poems for passersby on any subje… | Continue reading
I’ve got a confession to make and it’s a little embarrassing, living as I do in a city. New York has too much everything. Too many people, too much noise, too much traffic, too many thi… | Continue reading
I was on my way back from trying to take a decent photograph of a new Blue Bottle coffee bar that had just opened in the financial district here in Boston. The area where it was located had lots of… | Continue reading
Coply Square on a nice day presents a wonderful photograph opportunity. This shot was taken from the steps of the Boston Public Library looking across the square toward Trinity Church. A tight clus… | Continue reading
Boston holds a huge gay pride parade every year. It’s a celebration of sexual diversity and frankly, for a photographer, presents a gold mine of subjects. These “belles” were all … | Continue reading