While sitting at work, I usually have YouTube playing behind what ever it is I’m working on. The last few nights it has been on things a long reach lens can do. One of the things they can do is called “Compression”. I had never (in all my 55+ years) understood what exactly is “Compression” with a lens. I have always known about depth of field, composition, and of course light and shadow, but compression? What ever, hand me a monster fish-eye lens and let me have fun. THEN, I saw a clip of what it’ll do for things and showing them in frame is you get far away, and use a telephoto lens. BAM! Compression.
Basically, if you’ve ever watched “Deadly Catch” and see the crazy lens uses when they are watching a boat from an obviously long way away, and the ocean just looks massive behind the boat .. That’s compression. Friggin’ new favorite thing is compression, and going to an impromptu dinner with Jame 🙂 .
We drove over to 25th street (it’s not “that” cool outside yet, so we drove with AC on) and snarfed some grub at the ole’ Warren’s Craft Burger then walked around the street stealing light.
When I was standing in front of a sign I have taken LOTS of pictures of a very friendly guy came out, and offered to drag us upstairs and see the view out the back of his building. I swapped lenses (my 100-300 is a very old, very inexpensive lens, and does not play nice indoors) and we followed him up to the back of the building. Here are some pictures form that.
The people working at Legacy Tattoo were all really friendly, and Jamie even exchanged some numbers to see about getting her tattoo touched up where it has lost a little vibrancy. I didn’t check their prices, but the art work around the shop, and the people working looked to be very talented and enjoying their jobs. I’ve got an ancient tattoo I need to get cleaned up, covered, or changed, but there’s camera gear to buy, typewriters to tinker with, and other ways I will blow my cash for now.
Finally, I do not enjoy taking pictures of people, well, I really do LOVE taking pictures of people, but I do not like showing them what I took, or explaining to them that I am not a professional, and I am taking their pictures for my own experience. This guy painting a handrail, great image, Jamie showed him the image, and he enjoyed seeing it too. That’s the heading image I have on this post, and this is that picture (click it to see if bigger).
Finally, I did sneak some public images that I think say a little bit more than they let on.
The last of those three images felt different after I snapped the image. I have no idea what the situation is with anyone in these pictures, but if you were to see this in the news, or at an art show, to me, it looks like a picture showing the difference between the haves, and the have nots. Not in a bad way, just that the guy sitting against the building isn’t as put together as the people eating an early dinner (It was around 6 pm or so when we were walking around). Just made my mind wander for a while about that man vs those people and their class differences.
I think that is all for today. It is always so nice to get out and walk around with Jamie. When the woman you love is also your best friend, it kind of makes things the best.
~me
