WEEK 48

SEPTEMBER 29th - OCTOBER 5th

 

Quite a bit of rain this past week. I've mentioned this before but over this past year there really hasn't been much rain. Of course, we had 100+ inches of snow, so it's not like we had a California style drought. So I will start off with some rain photos. It was coming down pretty good, so I took them from my kitchen window--I liked the impressionistic feel of the look through the fogged up window. 

Pink Umbrella

Rainy Morning- Kitchen Window

Rainy Window

The leaves are just starting to turn color a little bit-- a yellow tinge that will hopefully burst into color before the Project ends. 

Early Fall-- Haviland

Had to shoot upward a bit to get some of the nice light coming in today. I like this cluster of building just off Haviland. 

Brick Buildings

 

A sign of the best weather being behind us

Covered

 

A few more shots of the people on the street. 

Blue Guitar

Headphones

 

Laptop

 

 
Haviland St is a one way street--it's amazing how many people drive down the wrong way. 

Wrong Way

 
 

WEEK 45

SEPTEMBER 8TH-14TH

 

Some rain and fog this week, which helped get me through. Something I thought about Sunday as I was walking the street-- I bet I know every nook and cranny of this street as well as anyone. I can tell you where the fireplugs are, what time they put the chairs up in the plaza, the graffitti, how many cracked bricks and when the light hits the wall by Dunkin Donuts. I don't think I'll ever look at this street the same again-- I probably won't look at any street the same again. And I do find myself looking deeper into every scene when I am out shooting elsewhere. 

If anyone is still reading and following along, please send some ideas along about things you think would be good to shoot in these last weeks. Leave your ideas here or in the comments on Facebook. I could use some fresh ideas. 

Here's this week's shots-

Pru in Fog

Shrouded

A couple of shots from my window on a rainy Sunday night

Rain Talk

Rainy Late Summer Evening

An alley on each side of the street

Through the Alley

Tucked Away

Here's something I never did notice before- the trees have a little Parks Dept bracelets on them

Parks Dept

 

WEEK 36

JUNE 22-28

 

So, running a little late this week. Like to get the post up earlier on Mondays, but had a long day today. I've done well to get this in on time every week, especially since I switched to Mondays instead of Sunday. 

After my wordy week last week, I'll keep things brief here-- but I do have a lot of photos this week. 


This week with my Fuji I was trying a lot of "shooting from the hip" - where you don't use your eye through the viewfinder and try to shoot without anyone noticing. Some came out good-- there's a certain randomness to this way of shooting too, which is kind of cool. 

Crossing The Walk

It's a good way to grab shots of people 

Flowers

Friends Part

Along The Wall

Hip Shot

 

Groceries

Stretching The Hose

And practiced on stationary objects

Black Bike in the Rain

Through Bars

I did suddenly realize I had no photos of the garage that is underneath Haviland Street

Entrance

 

Patriot Parking

 

 

 
  Now back to some everyday objects-

Valve

 

Sprinkler Alarm

A door--for my brother Chris, who loves doors

Door

Door- B&W

And finally--I had this shot last week, but the other day the light was hitting it just right and I think this one came out better

Still Life with Cheerwine

 

WEEK 35

JUNE 15TH- 21ST

 

Here we are 35 weeks down with 15 to go. I have the FujiX100S this week and used that exclusively. Was kind of wandering aimlessly up and down the street looking for inspiration. I wonder if some people that see me often walking up and down the street, camera in hand, are starting to think I'm a bit crazy. 

Some weeks, I feel like I have a sort of plan and some weeks I'm really just winging it-- this was a winging it week. But I think it worked out OK. 

So I used some reflections to try and get some new perspectives. This one is my favorite - I like how the building just appears partially out of the pavement. 

I Want To Live in A Puddle

POTS/STOP

And it wasn't only puddles-

A New Angle On It

This photo was pretty much an accident, but I really like the dream-like quality of it. The fact that his face is cut off  below the eyes adds to that dream quality, I think. I tried playing around with it several different ways to focus on the surreal. I liked 3 different versions and will put all 3 up as a triptych.

Checking His Phone Without Any I's

 


A constant struggle on the street is parking-- especially on street cleaning day-- I really should get a photo of one of the street cleaners-- but BTD is always around. 

Pleading His Case

There are, of course, many homeless people in our neighborhood, but I am very uncomfortable photographing them for the sole reason that they are homeless. The street is their home and there are enough photos of homeless people around. I'm a big believer in being able to shoot what you want in public. But when you shoot someone sleeping on a stoop it feels to me like an invasion of privacy. If someone who happens to be homeless makes an interesting shot AND it isn't  too intimate of a moment I feel like  I could take the shot. I don't have any hard and fast rules here other than going by my gut--if it feels wrong and exploitative I won't do it. That's a reason you haven't seen many homeless shots. But it would not be a true representation to exclude all traces of the homeless population that are a part of Haviland St. So here's a shot of a rather impressive shopping cart full of a man's worldly possessions.

I continue to struggle with this issue and will try and figure out a way to include them in the story of this street without exploiting them. If you have any ideas. please feel free to leave a comment.

Packed

 

Here's another attempt at a new perspective--shooting straight up-

Flower Box

Sun Wall B&W

A peek into the ally that runs parallel to Haviland

Allied Studios

And a shot from my kitchen window

Two Pair

WEEK 32

MAY 25TH- MAY 31ST

 

I was thinking about how I had very few photos of the rain and it occurred to me that it really hasn't rained that much since October-- we had a 100+ inches of snow, of course, but very little actual rain. But that was rectified this week with a couple of solid days of rain. So this week it's mostly about the rainy day (and night) shots.

Storm Approaching

 

Storm Approaching B&W

I really like the light right after the storm too.  Of course it's easier to shoot post storm than in the middle of the storm.

After Storm

Umbrella Meet

Just in Case

 Sometimes I focus too much on a "dramatic" sky, with crazy clouds or an intense blue- but sometimes a solid gray sky sky can be quite impressive on it's own.

Grey Sky

 

I'm a sucker for the effect of isolating one bit of color in a black and white shot-- I think it mostly works, though when the color really stands out in real life too. That was the case here - I didn't have to remove very much color--the day and the street was very monochrome and the purple truly did stand out.

Purple Jacket

The reflection of the wet streets at night are another nice rain side effect

Wet Streets

Dunkin

 

Shadows

 

Late Night Coffee