*Lunch on Stone*
Fuji XT3
I find it interesting to take photos accross busy streets. Often, the distance gives you a different sense of the elements you can combine. Here I wanted that great door and the woman eating her lunch. They create an interesting diagonal.
*Army Vet*
Fuji XT3
There is something shocking about seeing homeless army vets in US cities. Just to be clear, I’m not judging, I have no idea what the fate of my country’s vets is after they go on operation. But you do see this a lot in the US. So this isn’t the best of photos, but I felt I needed to share it.
*Framed Walk*
Fuji XT3
These arches at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park truly are a photographer’s dream: the light, the contrast, the symmetry, and the people all contribute to make great pictures. I was very pleased with the colour rendering of one of these (Walking the Dog in Style) but also found it really worked in black and white.
*Sitting Commentary*
Fuji XT3
As I walked the cold streets of Manhattan I saw a lot of people sitting on the side streets. This guy was commenting on everyone passing him, not in an agressive way, more in a cordial way. I liked him, so I decided to immortalize him in black and white.
*The Pancake Man*
Fuji TX2 + Superia xtra 800
At the very end of my stroll through old macau, on Largo de Senado I spotted this street food vendor who was making Chinese pancakes on demand. It looked delicious, but sadly we had just finished eating lunch and were feeling not at all hungry…
*Old Macau*
Fuji x100s
Despite over 100 years of British presence, Hong Kong has very little architecturally that points to Britain. Old Macau on the other hand is an absolute blend of Chinese and Portuguese. Some streets look so Portuguese it’s astounding, especially when the sun is shining like in Lisbon.
*At the Temple Gate*
Fuji x100F
The A-Ma Temple is a wonderful hillside religious complex in Macau, very old and very atmospheric. In front of the Temple gate this old lady was begging and she looked like something out of a folk story with the stone lion on her side…
*Relaxed Read*
Fuji XT3
As I was walking towards Embarcadero, I stumbled upon this guy, reading a paperback. He looked so cool and relaxed, I just had to snap.
*Deadly Smog*
Fuji XT3
I was in San Francisco just after the wildfires started in Northern California, and while the smog was not too bad (it got worse after I left) there was a distinct feel of Shanghai that kept triggering memories. Of course the catastrophic levels of particulates experienced during this event was our norm when we were in Shanghai, which is frightening in and of itself, but…
*Homeless in San Francisco*
Fuji XT3
Before I landed in San Francisco I was told by several people that the homeless problem had become much much worse. Apart from a (frankly not reassuring) walk through the Tenderloin as I was going to a meeting I’m not sure I felt it was worse than the last time I was around, but it sure is bad. I loved the positive message that this guy was broadcasting though.
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