Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Week Five: Sign
Ok so all three of us have been busy this week but we'll get these photos up! So I might have taken this weeks challenge a bit to literally. I was shooting a Health Workers Protest on Wednesday. I think this fits for "sign" I hope! Any feed back or critique on anything we have posted would be great. - Josh
There are a lot of cool-looking signs out there, but I just wasn't feeling any of them (not even the one of the stick figure guy being crushed by an electric gate). I thought when I see it I will know. Well, nothing was popping out at me. Then one day I was sitting in my car waiting for my husband because I had left my keys inside, and the light was hitting the little statue of Mary just right so I took that as my sign. The funny thing is I don't usually have a statue on my dashboard, even though I was raised Catholic; Sophia had found it earlier in the week, and I had set it there on the ride home. --Alicia
There are a lot of cool-looking signs out there, but I just wasn't feeling any of them (not even the one of the stick figure guy being crushed by an electric gate). I thought when I see it I will know. Well, nothing was popping out at me. Then one day I was sitting in my car waiting for my husband because I had left my keys inside, and the light was hitting the little statue of Mary just right so I took that as my sign. The funny thing is I don't usually have a statue on my dashboard, even though I was raised Catholic; Sophia had found it earlier in the week, and I had set it there on the ride home. --Alicia
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Week four: Color
During a Visa run to the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, I came across the funeral services for retired Bishop Samuel Ruiz in San Cristobal De Las Casas. The Bishop was a defender of indigenous rights and was a mediator in the peace talks between the Mexican government and the Zapatista rebels. He passed away Monday at the age of 86. People from Chiapas posted signs of prayers and blessings to the Bishop on the walls of the church. This week's challenge was color or something colorful, the churches down here are all colorful, at times all the color down here can be a bit overwhelming. - Josh
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Week three: Control
I must say I was pretty stumped on this one for awhile. The only thing that came to mind was getting access to a airport tower and being able to photograph the panels all lit up, but with all the security measures there was no way that would happen. As soon as I took this photo, though, I knew it would work for the challenge. I wish I would have captured more of his face, but I think his body language made up for it as you can see his trying his very best to control the kite and keep it from bombing. --Alicia
So it took me a few days longer to get this one down and I still don't think I really nailed it. This gent in the photo (or at least his hands) is a quality control worker at the San Lucas Mission's coffee processing plant. He "controls " which beans get to the next part of the cleaning process. Or at least makes sure the machine gets the right beans. Still unsure about this haha. - Josh
So it took me a few days longer to get this one down and I still don't think I really nailed it. This gent in the photo (or at least his hands) is a quality control worker at the San Lucas Mission's coffee processing plant. He "controls " which beans get to the next part of the cleaning process. Or at least makes sure the machine gets the right beans. Still unsure about this haha. - Josh
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Week two: Joy
When I was a kid all I wanted to do was go outside and play, so it bring me real joy to see my daughter enjoy the outdoors as much as I do. She can hardly wait to be out the door and running in the yard with Ladybug trailing after her. --Alicia
As I was working on this mini photo essay about workers in La Democracia Market here in Quetzaltenago, I shot this photo of these two girls walking away from a food stand. They were laughing and joking about someone they saw in the market. I felt like this was the joy of sharing a good joke with a friend. - Josh
As I was working on this mini photo essay about workers in La Democracia Market here in Quetzaltenago, I shot this photo of these two girls walking away from a food stand. They were laughing and joking about someone they saw in the market. I felt like this was the joy of sharing a good joke with a friend. - Josh
Week one: Electricity
I'm not quite sure if this is the best representation of electricity, but since the source of light (scentsy candle) was powered by electricity I thought it fit the bill of the subject. --Alicia
Ok so I think this might be cheating a little since Im not sure if I shot this last week or the week before, but hey I'm just starting this challenge. The electricity here lights up the truck like a bug lamp attracting people to the glorious chicken that is grilled inside this wheeled kitchen. - Josh
So...I'm a little behind... This is Scotty from the Las Cruces band The Liars at the Cane. They are an amazing cover band and an awesome group of people. I thought that he just seemed to be creating his own electricity through his music. -Niki
Ok so I think this might be cheating a little since Im not sure if I shot this last week or the week before, but hey I'm just starting this challenge. The electricity here lights up the truck like a bug lamp attracting people to the glorious chicken that is grilled inside this wheeled kitchen. - Josh
So...I'm a little behind... This is Scotty from the Las Cruces band The Liars at the Cane. They are an amazing cover band and an awesome group of people. I thought that he just seemed to be creating his own electricity through his music. -Niki
Our purpose
We are three photo geeks who just want to keep growing as photographers so we decided to make this blog and post weekly photos we shot courtesy of shutterboo.com. We will post each Wednesday and yes we realize we are a week behind, but coordinating took a little longer than expected since we are in different cities (and one of us, ahem Josh, in different countries). We hope you enjoy our photographs and our comments. Please feel free to leave your own. We love feedback!
(Photo by Niki Rhynes)
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