After seeing Neil Baylis's beautiful floral tribute to Chromasia here on Monday, I spent the last couple days poring over my photos, fretting about which would best fit into the style of Chromasia's wonderful, saturated hyper-reality. And then my wife Sara reminded me that if Dave wanted only Chromasia-style shots, he would have asked us to post his own photos for him during the move. So I picked a shot I took a couple days ago that's definitely more joe's nyc than Chromasia.
Though I haven't spent as much time in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) as I have in certain Manhattan neighborhoods, DUMBO is closer to my Brooklyn home and closer to my heart. It certainly passes my test as a fertile spot for photography -- the neighborhood really reflects the people who live there. It's a real hot spot for illegal street art, for example, and experimental theater. Unlike so much of Manhattan these days, you won't yet see evidence of homogenizers Barnes & Noble, the Gap, or Starbucks -- just home-grown Brooklyn treasures like Jacques Torres Chocolate, Grimaldi's Pizza, and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory.
And of course, tatoo-legged contractors, renovating buildings in preparation for the invasion of more high-end home design stores...
-=-joe holmes
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
Nikon D70
4.26pm on 18/07/04
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Joe -- great shot! I agree with your wife - your work is why David asked you to fill in -- and it's also the reason I, and everyone else, visits your site -- wonderful captures from one of the greatest cities in the world - NYC. Nice job!
Joe, this is a great shot, and your wife and Bob are both right – I asked all of you to take part on the basis of your own work, not because I thought you'd provide "chromasia-style" shots :-)
comment byjoe holmes at 09:43 PM (GMT) on 22 July, 2004
Thanks for the comments!
I was out running errands and shooting again today and this tattoo photo was on my mind. It made me realize what fun it can be to catch a moment that's gone in the blink of an eye. (Another reason a digital SLR is so important in street photography -- I would have missed this shot with my Coolpix 4500. The zoom and shutter release are both way too slow.)
comment bypixpop at 11:00 PM (GMT) on 22 July, 2004
Hey.. that guy closest to the camera. I photographed him before he got the tattoos.
http://www.pixpopuli.com/100000043a
BTW Joe, I looked at this a number of times, and keep being drawn back to the bag in the guy's hand. Is that Newcastle he's carrying? No wait. Maybe it's just Snapple.
Emarquetti: Interesting observation. Having a tattoo is a bit like having a turbo. There's not much point unless everyone knows about it, so there's usually a badge on the car that says 'turbo'.
comment byjoe holmes at 12:21 AM (GMT) on 23 July, 2004
>> keep being drawn back to the bag in the guy’s hand. Is that Newcastle he’s carrying? No wait. Maybe it’s just Snapple.
Snapple it is...both guys were carrying lunch back to the work site...
After seeing Neil Baylis's beautiful floral tribute to Chromasia here on Monday, I spent the last couple days poring over my photos, fretting about which would best fit into the style of Chromasia's wonderful, saturated hyper-reality. And then my wife Sara reminded me that if Dave wanted only Chromasia-style shots, he would have asked us to post his own photos for him during the move. So I picked a shot I took a couple days ago that's definitely more joe's nyc than Chromasia.
Though I haven't spent as much time in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) as I have in certain Manhattan neighborhoods, DUMBO is closer to my Brooklyn home and closer to my heart. It certainly passes my test as a fertile spot for photography -- the neighborhood really reflects the people who live there. It's a real hot spot for illegal street art, for example, and experimental theater. Unlike so much of Manhattan these days, you won't yet see evidence of homogenizers Barnes & Noble, the Gap, or Starbucks -- just home-grown Brooklyn treasures like Jacques Torres Chocolate, Grimaldi's Pizza, and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory.
And of course, tatoo-legged contractors, renovating buildings in preparation for the invasion of more high-end home design stores...
-=-joe holmes
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
4.26pm on 18/07/04
f5.6
1/125
program
+0.0
pattern
200
70.0 mm
RAW
auto
yes
Apart from the tattoos, they look like twins, even down to the white socks!
think this is pretty darn cool
This is an interesting 'glimpse' sort of shot. Feels very random though.
Thats the summer showing what is "hidden".
Joe what a great contribution to Dave's site. bravo
Damn that's a lot of ink.
Joe -- great shot! I agree with your wife - your work is why David asked you to fill in -- and it's also the reason I, and everyone else, visits your site -- wonderful captures from one of the greatest cities in the world - NYC. Nice job!
Joe, this is a great shot, and your wife and Bob are both right – I asked all of you to take part on the basis of your own work, not because I thought you'd provide "chromasia-style" shots :-)
Thanks for the comments!
I was out running errands and shooting again today and this tattoo photo was on my mind. It made me realize what fun it can be to catch a moment that's gone in the blink of an eye. (Another reason a digital SLR is so important in street photography -- I would have missed this shot with my Coolpix 4500. The zoom and shutter release are both way too slow.)
Hey.. that guy closest to the camera. I photographed him before he got the tattoos.
http://www.pixpopuli.com/100000043a
BTW Joe, I looked at this a number of times, and keep being drawn back to the bag in the guy's hand. Is that Newcastle he's carrying? No wait. Maybe it's just Snapple.
Emarquetti: Interesting observation. Having a tattoo is a bit like having a turbo. There's not much point unless everyone knows about it, so there's usually a badge on the car that says 'turbo'.
>> keep being drawn back to the bag in the guy’s hand. Is that Newcastle he’s carrying? No wait. Maybe it’s just Snapple.
Snapple it is...both guys were carrying lunch back to the work site...
very nice street shot. it has a good color tone.
... and that plastic bag is about to rip!