Week Twenty-one - "Brimfield"

"Got a Spare?"

                 

               

          

             

Wrapping up Brimfield with this plethora of wooden wagon wheels. It was getting late in the day and I was about to pack away the camera and retrieve my car when I saw the sun lighting up these wheels. To get the juxtaposition of the leaning wheels, I decided to crop it tightly to give them a different look.

Alas, Brimfield was not in the schedule for this spring. If the weather is cool enough, perhaps the July session.

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

Natural light is the best light.


 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

Rune's Rule

If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost!

Week Twenty - "Brimfield"

"No Child Is Left Behind, unless. . ."

                 

          

             

Using a second image from my May excursion to Brimfield. "Always look behind you," is an axiom most photographers have ingrained into their routine. While walking down one of the numerous aisles of antiques, I stopped and took a look at where I had been. And, there she was - sitting patiently in her red wagon with enough provisions to get her through the remaining thirty-seven aisles. Her parents were thoughtful in supplying her with water, a sweater for the cold, a sandwich, and materials to keep her busy.

However, when a bargain calls. . .

the kid is on her own!

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

Candid is far better than Posed!

 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

Miksch's Law

If a string has one end, then it has another end. 

Week Nineteen - "Brimfield"

"Brimfield Bag Lady"

                 

 

          

             

The second location in May was the very popular, Brimfield Antique Flea Market where Route 20 in Brimfield is transformed into a flea market with hundreds of vendors and tens of thousands of buyers. The annual event happens in May, July and September. It is an opportunity to shoot people, antiques and the out-of-ordinary.

"Brimfield Bag Lady" was taking advantage of a golden opportunity. I noticed this very large mirror resting against the side of a vendor's tent so I put on my "patience filter"  and waited for the right person to stroll into my line of vision. The "Brimfield Bag Lady" spoke of what happens at these events. She has found several bargains and was hurrying back to her car to drop them off. I'm guessing she made a few more thrips before she headed home.

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

Taking photos of strangers is thrilling.


 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

Paulg's Law

In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save. 

Week Eighteen - "Rockport"

"Adrift"

          

          

             

In May I was able to schedule three shoots. The first was to Rockport. I know you were expecting the iconic, "Motif #1." I could not come up with a different viewpoint of it so I began to focus on something else. I was fascinated by the colors on this small craft and how they complimented the color of the surrounding water. Although it was tied to the dock, it kept floating out into the harbor and then back depending on the wakes of the passing boats. I waited for my chance to get it far enough away from the dock and other boats.

In post processing, I took out the rope that secured it to the dock and an annoying yellow rope inside of the boat.  

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

Learn how to enjoy the moment, rather than relentlessly trying to capture the perfect picture of it.


 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

Andrew's Boating Postulate

No matter which direction you start, it's always against the wind coming back.

Week Seventeen - "The Crissy Shoot"

"Trashed!"

          

             

I finished the "Crissy Shoot" with this image. As we left the inside of the mill, I was asked to close the doors. Walking away I turned around and saw this. It was processed using HDR (several shots of the same image using different exposures) and then run through several of my NIK plug-ins.

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

You will find the best photo opportunities in the least likely situations.


 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

Law of Random Numbers  

If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal - and someone always answers!

Week Sixteen - "More of Crissy"

"Crissy at Rest"

          

Continuing with my sixth photographic event which included Crissy. As I mentioned last week, Jeff had her pose at several locations around the old mill. This pose on the stairs was a favorite. I liked the fact that the angle of her body was repeated in the railing and the staircase.

Although Crissy was a very colorful model, I chose to convert this to a monochromatic.

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

Go out and take photos with (a) friend(s).


 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

O'Brian's Law

If you change lines or lanes, the one you just left will start to move faster than the one you are now in. 

Week Fifteen - "Model Shoot with Crissy"

We did have a few take a trip down memory lane with Michael's "The Projects."

"Crissy"

          

My sixth photographic event of 2013 was the result of one of the members of Hockomock Digital offering his expertise to do a model shoot. Jeff Turner had received permission to use a former mill in his hometown. He also managed to ask Crissy to pose for us. For the next two hours, Jeff brought her to various nooks and crannies of the abandoned factory and suggested ways to pose her. Crissy was very cooperative and quite beautiful as well.

Weekly Photo Suggestion:

Get closer when taking your photos, they often turn out better.

 A Pearl of Wisdom. . .

Law of Reruns

If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.