This coffee is dreamy, just dreamy ...
Image by Ed Yourdon
This woman was on the northwestern corner of Columbus Avenue and 73rd Street; I was standing on the other side of the street as I saw her turn and start walking along the street.
Clearly, I wasn't holding my camera steady enough: you can see the blurred lettering of the "posters" sign in the store window. My camera was set on "continuous" mode, so perhaps if I had taken three or four shots in quick succession, I would gotten at least one sharply-focused picture. Next time, next time...
Note: this photo was published in a November 4, 2008 blog titled "??????? ?? ???? ??? ??????????." It was also published in a Nov 25, 2008 blog titled "Breastfeeding and Caffeine." It was also published in a Jul 19, 2011 MagForWomen blog titled "5 Ways To Maintain A Great Pregnancy Diet." And it was published in an Aug 16, 2011 Flying Pregnant Dot Com" blog titled "Breastfeeding Benefits and Tips For Successful Breastfeeding." It was also published in a Dec 23, 2011 blog titled "Fruchtbarkeit. (Ihr) Kaffee und (seine) Samenqualität."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 4, 2012 blog titled "Pregnancy Diet." It was also published in a Mar 19, 2012 blog titled "Detalle de la Catedral de Tarragona."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
Grapefruit Slice
Image by Dan Zen
"Coffee? Why yes, don't mind if I do"
Image by tlillis4
Judy was aces when it came to her diet during pregnancy so the opportunity to, as she said "have two cups of coffee" was taken with relish.