Where Photos can take you.

As you can see from the previous post my mission this week was to capture motion in black and white. I had trouble with this and found in challenging to think beyond water and vehicles. So as I was walking looking for a possible thing in motion I decided to sit along a walkway that was quite busy with Sunday strollers. As I was sitting in the harbor watching the slight movements of the boats in the water I heard "yes please..." (a common Turkish way of getting attention). "Yes Please. You can come on the boat and take picture." This was from a deck hand for a nearby boat. Along this stretch of the harbor all the tour boats park and the deck hands petition the passers-by in an attempt to fill their next tour. Much like I do with the vendors at the Bazaar I ignored this man and pretended to look at my camera's settings so that I wouldn't have to tell him no. I didn't realize that this man was famous from being on Turkish Tv 5 times (his words). " You know for football, you know football?" On top of that he was my best photographic opportunity of the day. Him trick for which he was famous was taking off his shirt while bouncing a ball on his forehead. So here are the pictures that I captured that stuck with the theme:






You never know when or where the photos will come from. Thanks "Federer, Cuz I'ma good at the table tennis."

This Week's Roll of the Dice

I enjoyed last week's photos and realized that a specific target does a lot to make a more focused shoot. When I just walk around to try and "take some cool pictures" I end up with some random photos that don't really capture my attention after I take them. I hope you readers all stay around to see what is to come.

This week my roll of the dice has chosen a much more difficult target: Black and White Motion Capture. Showing motion creatively is going to be a hard job for me we'll see how it goes.

Black and White Circles

The results of my first photo walk. The dice determined black and white circles, here are some of them, there is a link to a Picasa album on the right if you want to see all of my favorite.

My new project

Winter in the small town of Alanya, Turkey is a little slow. During summer tourists from much colder climates flock here and more shops open up and the city is more exciting, but winter is boring. Add to that a total of 5 English tv channels that often show the same 4 shows every day and you get a bored person on your hands. So I have decided to start a new project.

After receiving some nice comments from friends and family about pictures from my recent trip to Prague I thought maybe this would be a skill I could continue to develop, taking pictures that capture what I see and like about the world around me. In the process I am sure I will make better use of my camera and learn to take better photos technically as well. So a photo project seems to be the perfect way to stave off winter boredom and continue to grow.

Thanks to a story in a photo magazine I developed the idea of a weekly photo session using dice to help me decide my subject for the day. I will roll 2 dice to start:

Dice 1:

Evens = Color
Odds = B&W

Dice 2:
1) Color Challenge -roll a dice for color to focus on
2) Capture motion
3) Focus on a Letter - can be the letter or a representation of the letter (i.e. quiet for Q)
4) Shapes
5) Portraits - a feared topic
6) Roll another die for "Ideas list"

Ideas List:
1) Park Bench: Tell the story of a bench.
2) 100 steps: start in one place walk 100 steps take a picture
3) Word of the day -
4) collection of somethings - something chosen by Erin
5) After Dark
6) Self Portrait


Now that I have set the parameters it is time for the first roll of the dice and a photo walk.

This weeks photo challenge :
1) Black & White
2) Shapes - Circles (chosen by my lovely fiancee Erin)

You will see the results soon.