Quickie

June 10, 2014 in Blue, City Life, Color, Design, Kristin & I, Light, One View, Street walking

New Horizons

June 01, 2014 in Black & White, City Life, Design, One View, Street walking, Strong Lines

Trying out a camera I have never used before, while shooting film, in all manual exposure mode with manual focus

Dreaming

April 12, 2014 in City Life, Color, Design, Fashion/ Style, One View, Portrait, Street walking

just playing with a few new compositions

Uncomfortable Comfort

April 11, 2014 in Blue, City Life, Color, Design, Kristin & I, Light, One View, Strong Lines

Form:Aesthetic:Disfunction

Coastal Conjoins

March 28, 2014 in Blue, City Life, Clouds, Color, Design, Light, New Topography, One View, Street walking, Strong Lines

THIRD TIMES A CHARM

March 09, 2014 in Black & White, City Life, Design, Fashion/ Style, One View, Portrait, Signage, Street walking

Man, yesterday was a whirlwind. I didn't eat right and kinda fucked myself for dinner, but I took today off and rested up. All I can say is that in my limited experience, upper Manhattan is boring. But Chelsea and The Meat Packing District are pretty cool. Very hip indeed, although I just realized I don't have the kind of income to live in this city the way I would want!

I must say that there is something inherently charming about the juxtaposition of the well dressed and the dirt of the city. THIS IS A METROPOLIS

TEASE

March 16, 2012 in City Life, Color, Design, Kristin & I, Street walking, Strong Lines

February 28, 2012 in Black & White, City Life, Color, Design, Fashion/ Style, New Topography, One View, Self Portrait, Signage, Street walking, Strong Lines

VELVIA & NEOPAN

FUJI: git that shit!

First in a Few Fears

February 25, 2012 in Black & White, Color, Design, One View, Street walking

I am posting things a little backwards here because this shot is it for me. I pass this ally every day on my way to work and it has never made a compelling image until I picked up a Canon EOS RT a few days ago. This is the first time I have shot film in about 5 years; I was scared. It was interesting shooting in lighting that I know and second guessing myself. But, true to form, I trusted my gut and this is what came out. I would like to think I could have made this shot digitally, and I most certainly color corrected it that way. But even with my level of understanding of the technical side of both analogue and digital techniques, this film shot "has it". The "it" that is lacking in all the other images I have made here. So, kudos to film?

The images below are also shot with film, and they are also my first few shots on this new camera. Funny enough, of things that should never be shot on 35mm (action photography).

I started shooting at about 13 because some of my friends skated for a large team. Those road trips and silly antics made me fall for the art, but I sure dont miss the high frame rates and low success rates of this type of photography, especially with film. So, kudos to film?

Soooooo, Kudos to film for inspiring me to love the art. Kudos to film for making me switch to digital. Kudos to film for re-invigorating my passion in image making during busy times!

Still Watching

January 24, 2012 in Blue, Clouds, Color, Design, New Topography, Signage, Street walking, Strong Lines

Lately, I have been shooting more and more. I am acquiring a lot of data. And I feel, once again, that I dont know what to do with it all. The difference? I'm ok with it this time. I dont care if all my images have METADATA. I dont care if they get catalogued or even set for web viewing, let alone printing. I had high hopes of getting back into printing, but what? I dont know if I could cull my work into a show. Meaning, I think anything attributed statement wise from a "show" of mine would be contrived. Im just watching the world. It's pretty out there. I wish more people truly looked "out" more.

I dont meen to sound so dreary. I am shooting better and better work every day. Hopefully this, whatever it is, will help me to edit more. Maybe something WILL come of my view on this life I live. Maybe a book is due...

WATCH OUT

LINES: they have been drawn

January 23, 2012 in Clouds, Color, Design, Kristin & I, New Topography, One View, Street walking, Strong Lines

I never had any profound loyalty to the idea of photography as a medium but simply as the most efficient way of making or recording an image. -Lewis Baltz.

Late to the game

January 21, 2012 in Black & White, Design, Kristin & I, One View, Street walking

So what if I have problems editing. So what if I am sitting on thousands of shots like this!

~~Joshua Rosenthal~~

1.4.2012

January 04, 2012 in Black & White, Color, Design, Kristin & I, Love, Street walking, two lens'

As a society we share space and time, yet somehow the experiences remain unique to the individual. Take for instance Josh and I, we are a couple, we both got our BFA's in Photography, we both wait tables in San Francisco and we live together. Despite all the time and experiences we share our view of them are completely different. On our first day off together in 2012 we rode past the de Young museum on our bikes after we had coffee at the beach and we decided to go up to the observation tower. These are the images we came away with.

Josh Rosenthal

Kristin Delzell

Josh Rosenthal

Kristin Delzell