it hit me pretty hard, so i don't have many photos from day 1, but i love this lady on her bike.
and wherever i go, i love to see an "I love NY" tee..
may 19, 2011
photos © anita aguilar
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Showing posts with label bike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bike. Show all posts
paris postcard, day 1: pretty city
a late night flight that gets you into paris at the noon hour is a smart play, but if you don't sleep well on planes, the "i'm in paris!!" buzz wears off smack in the middle of the afternoon.
ello guvna...
meet orlando, who hooked us up with free bikes...
living pavilion, by ann ha and behrang behin
living pavilion, by ann ha and behrang behin
commando, 2010. by mary ellen scherl.
dressing the dog: you're lookin at 3 varieties of ketchup (spicy, spicy pineapple, and the traditional tomato), a spicy mustard and a spicy mayo...
i loved the sweetness and the char of the corn. the juice from this exploded, squirting one, even two feet. which was at once embarrassing and marvelous.
i left that half a stick of butter alone.
where was blue marble ice cream? we rode circles around the parade ground, comfort and evans roads...and nothing. but mister softee saved the day.
pretty city: meet gary
i've been reading lately about the merits of a 50mm lens--i have a good one, but really haven't explored its use outside of...well, i haven't used it outside. i rely on my tamron zoom when i'm outdoors. i like that it allows me to get up-close to something or someone (somewhat) unobtrusively (it's sort of long, and hard to miss). but the 50mm is a lens that was standard back in the day. (henri cartier-bresson? he used a 50mm on a small format camera. clearly the thing works). so this is what i'll be taking out with me for the next several weeks. we'll see what i can learn.
it's a whole different world with the 50 mm--you have to really move around and do a lot of recomposing to get a shot. but i kinda like it.
today, i hit the madison square park area (on my way to home depot). if you stand on the northwest corner of the park, you'll have one of the best views of the empire state building. i've yet to come up with a better than ordinary shot of that landmark, but i wanted to give it a try today.
i saw this instead. a rad bike. just waiting for me to take its picture.
was this a piece of art?
detail shot, of the wheel...this is for my friend, nicholas. crazy? crazy generous, crazy cute, girl crazy...which is part of why we all love him.
tried to get the flatiron in there somehow. i took many from this angle.
and then finally the bike's owner popped up and asked if he could get in the photo.
meet gary...photogenic gary. i thanked him for his modeling...
and that encounter, my friends, made my day.
more with the 50 mm to come.
it's a whole different world with the 50 mm--you have to really move around and do a lot of recomposing to get a shot. but i kinda like it.
today, i hit the madison square park area (on my way to home depot). if you stand on the northwest corner of the park, you'll have one of the best views of the empire state building. i've yet to come up with a better than ordinary shot of that landmark, but i wanted to give it a try today.
i saw this instead. a rad bike. just waiting for me to take its picture.
was this a piece of art?
detail shot, of the wheel...this is for my friend, nicholas. crazy? crazy generous, crazy cute, girl crazy...which is part of why we all love him.
tried to get the flatiron in there somehow. i took many from this angle.
and then finally the bike's owner popped up and asked if he could get in the photo.meet gary...photogenic gary. i thanked him for his modeling...
and that encounter, my friends, made my day.
more with the 50 mm to come.
untitled (bike memory)
© 2007 matias aguilar. all rights reserved."untitled" from isle of man series, part 7.
matias has posted some great new photos from his isle of man series. i couldn't decide which one to "feature" here, but i particularly love the mood and light in this shot. and i have a thing for motorcycles.
not that i have ever driven one myself.
but a dear, former boyfriend of mine developed a singular passion for motorcycles shortly after we started dating. he purchased a used suzuki gs850, a modest, but very cool bike. i had never been near a bike, let alone on one, and it didn't hold much appeal ("scary!"). but when this particular opportunity came along--to be escorted around town by this sweet, sweet guy, at the point when he was falling in love with the idea of being on the road, on a bike--i started to imagine what that kind of freedom might mean. i couldn't resist. he was fearless, and my "fear" fell away pretty quickly. which is not to say I didn't hold on pretty damn tight...
there maybe no better way to see new york city. as the passenger, you can literally sit back and enjoy a wonderful, unobstructed view of the sky and the cityscape. and you hear nothing but the constant, gentle whir of the engine, the wind against your helmet.
more than a few times, late at night, we rode across the brooklyn bridge. manhattan shining bright behind us, brooklyn twinkling ahead, everything truly aglow under the full moon light. as if we were watching an amazing silent film. or, creating one.
unforgettable.
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