Tag / documentary photography
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Red Phone Booth – 5th Street Market
It feels like I’m getting a better sense of anticipating and capturing random, decisive moments in my street photography work. This image was shot at 5th Street Market in Eugene, Oregon and would have been nothing special until the person walked through the bottom left of the frame, adding just that little bit of something…
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American Flag – Eugene, Oregon
Creating more street photography around my home town of Eugene, Oregon looking for common color themes and decisive moments. This image just spoke to me in it’s nuanced symbolism of what seems a long gone time of civil discourse and tolerance that once made this country great. These days it seems the total opposite.
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #7
The subtleties of framing a moment… Another image captured during my self assigned street photography in Silverton, Oregon. I love this moment between a couple as they sit on the bench overlooking a stream that passes through the middle of town. Another moment that begged to be presented as a black and white image.
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #6
Waiting to eat… Having just finished eating at Gather Restaurant in Silverton, Oregon, I had gone to put some money in the old school parking meter and walked back towards the restaurant when this moment presented itself. The door frames this child perfectly and when he looked right at me, I knew we had momentarily…
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Visually Documenting Your Local Community
“…you don’t have to travel across the globe to experience new things. Your own backyard is the farthest place away to someone else on the other side of the world.” ~Joey L – Photographer As a self trained photojournalist, documentary and street photographer, I’ve been privy to many of my colleagues lamenting/believing that if they…
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #5
These colors speak of a time that is no longer. Again, part of my half day of wandering around Silverton, Oregon shooting small town street photography and anything else that caught my eye. I’ve seen old color photographs from the mid 20th century and these colors were much a part of that time. What struck…
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #4
The character of a small community can be found in the subtlest of captured moments. As I wandered around exploring the historic town of Silverton, Oregon shooting street photography, certain visuals stood out to me that tell a story. Many small towns have an IOOF hall that make up this sense of community that is…
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #3
Wandering the streets you never know what you’ll come upon as a moment to capture. I came across this moment while shooting in the historic small town of Silverton, Oregon. The contrast of the muted colors of the building with the bright colors of this woman’s clothing provides a visual tension I knew would just…
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #2
Continuing with my self assigned small town street photography project. While exploring Silverton, Oregon, I was walking along the sidewalk and this image presented itself rather quickly. The red/yellow colors on the wall contrasted with the blue of the shawl. I chose to frame this differently and the visual tension works for me. Two quick…
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Small Town Street Photography: Silverton, Oregon #1
This is one of those moments that presented itself as I was meandering through the historic town. This husband and wife are sitting in a laundromat and I shot two images. I initially previsualized this as a black and white image the moment I released the shutter but as I looked at the color version,…
