I like some of the quirkier expressions and situations you've captured in the photographs you've posted to your blog Colin, it's the little oddities and 'moments' that keep me bobbing about with my camera too.
Do you have anything inparticular that motivates you or draws you to this type of photography more than any other? I get a huge buzz from managing to catch some little cameo of life that flits into existence and out again in the blink of an eye that I struggle to cope with the more sedate nature of some other areas of photography.
Good luck with keeping the blog going, its hard work in itself but worth it, also keep going with the street photography as it's always nice to see other street shots in the gallery!
Hi Simon, thanks for the encouraging words.
I'm not sure I'm drawn to this type of photography more than others. I sure spend more time on it, but for some reason it seems to lend itself well to compiling and displaying -- be it in a blog or an exhibition of some type. It just feels right, that way.
I didn't start with any specific idea in mind. In fact, it was after wandering around this area for years that I took a few shots as a lark...then a few more, then a few more. For the most part, it started as just a way to use film (which I've had a real renaissance with the past few years) and after a while, I noticed all these funny quirky moments gathered up...there was enough of them that it motivated me to keep going and get more. And, of course, to display them somehow.
I've lived elsewhere and travelled plenty. So I think I have enough background to know that, frankly, I live in a weird little place. I've spent enough time working here that I have a knowledge and empathy, but am enough of an outsider to document it.
Overall, it's a really good creative exercise. It may never go beyond a blog few see. It may evolve, again, into something else. I don't know but it's fun to keep going. That, to me, is what photography should be -- a passion that makes your life better.
Thanks again!
