people

From the beginning I've resisted creating this category, because I don't want to take pictures of friends or relatives. I want none of the conventional photographs of people smiling and looking at the camera. And I don't feel confident enough to experiment with the kind of people-images that I do want.

Shadows and reflections - gallery - I discovered that I could shoot a shadow or a reflection and produce and interesting photograph. I could situate the shadow in a landscape and add a unique dimension. I could stand in front of glass that had interesting logos, sayings. I could shoot reflections in store windows, in glass doors. The windows displayed one-of-a-kind trinkets. The doors led into basilicas, into subway stations, into opera halls.

The most fun I had shooting shadoes was at Calvary Cemetery outside of Portland, Maine. Calvary is an old cemetery with this dilapidated bridge now crowded with cement barriers and weeds. I was shooting with the wide-angle lens, one of my favorites, and remembered that I had to get up close if I wanted a single image photograph. In my attempt to get close I began to climb onto the concrete barriers and bridge railings. I saw the shadows I was casting and began shooting them. What I like best about these shadows is the sense of movement. Some of these photographs are in the Additional Pages.

Friends, Family and Strangers - gallery - Sorry, here you will see me, friends, relatives and strangers looking at the camera. I'm building this gallery and these are the images I have. Note, many of the pictures in Italians and Other Strangers gallery were taken by Derrick and Rose during our 2006 and 2007 trips.

 

The other people-format that I like is reflections. I discovered this in the marble mausoleums at Homewood Cemetery. As the sun set, it began to streak the red stone, so I began shooting to see what would come out. I kept finding my reflection in the polished granite. At first this seemed a bit strange, but I like the results, so I kept shooting.

In Maine, at the McLellan House a part of the Portland Museum, I walked into what used to be the children's room to find a mirror in a very unusual setting. What was even stranger was what I saw when I stood in front of it. The thumbnail is that mirror.