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Susie and Jane

Published on February 23, 2009 in Clip, Dallas, I Likes, North America, Texas, animal, camera, dog, expression, faces, gesture, moment, people, photo, photography, photos, picture, portrait, portraits and woman. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

They make a cute couple don’t you think? Jane Simmons-Moake, of Houston, makes the trip to Dallas almost every week to compete in various dog shows and agility competitions. On this Saturday, her golden retriever, Susie, won the coveted seventh competition to reach Mach-7 status.

I found out later that Susie is famous…well kinda. Her grandmother was famous. I’m talking movies and stuff. I can’t tell you which movies, but I swear I was impressed just hearing the rumors. Jane is also famous. She is an all-star dog trainer and winner of many national competitions. You can checkout her company here.

Dog shows are fun. I wish I wasn’t on a deadline so I could photo more dog people. I also want a dog. A lab I think.

Could Be Worse

Published on October 17, 2008 in CameraBag, Color, Holga, NYC, Subway, United States, faces, iPhone, people, photo, photography and train. 2 Comments

I’m back from NYC after a beautiful two weeks. This was the first visit to New York where I really could see myself living there. I have no idea what I would do. Certainly photography would change for me and I might even look in a new direction. Realistically, I don’t have the desire or ability to move right now. But, I do love that city and the personality that seems to seep out from every stop on the subway. It is hard to get over the faces. The trains allow for time to just look. This is likely the reason I love the Subway so much. Living in Texas, one takes for granted the idea of interpersonal connections, instead, driving from point to point in a self-absorbed box (literally.) The unique thing about NYC is the utter unavoidable and sometimes intense proximity to strangers as well as diversity. People have it wrong when they say New Yorkers are angry and rude. I find people there to be some of the most open minded I have met. They just live fast. It is understandable.

On a technical note, these images were all shot with the iPhone. Don’t be alarmed. I am certainly not expressing myself through new artistic inspiration. I don’t even look at the iPhone as a serious photographic piece of equipment (yet.) I do think that it is capable of producing some fun images in an easy and discreet fashion – there is no shutter sound and people usually assume I am simply looking at my phone. I do like that.

One more thing, I have done little to no retouching on these photos. They are cropped and toned to look like a Holga in the iPhone by an application called CameraBag. I like that too.






The Waiting Game

Published on August 5, 2008 in Europe, London, airport, digital, expression, faces, gesture, moment, monitor, people, photo, photos, picture, plane, posture, urgency, vacation and waiting. 1 Comment

Sometimes you just find yourself watching. Not really thinking or composing, just watching. It is amazing how different moments can work together. A new face can match a past gesture or a small change of position can correct an off balanced moment. Perhaps it takes a solitary object to make moments meet. Here people were looking for their plane departure times on a monitor. I think the gestures between people match pretty well. I don’t think this is because their surroundings were the same, but rather their sense of urgency was the same. Even while movements were different there was a similar feeling of anxiousness throughout.