2024

I have become attracted to something I don’t think many people pay attention to, construction equipment. My family was in the contracting, land development, and building materials industry for all of my childhood. So I was around lots of big equipment, Dozers, Excacators, Frone-End tracked loaders, Lifts, Tractors, Back-Hoes, etc. I have taken to stopping whenever I have time at random construction pieces, almost always between jobs or parked on a weekend. The yellow, orange, or other bright colors are really irresistible to me. Where else can you find such bright colors, strong lines, graphs, geometric shapes, or bold lettering?

In Orlando for the Olympic Trials Marathon and of course, I have some camera with me at all times. We were on the roof of the hotel and it was just after sunset. We looked over the wall and this church was all lit up. I didn’t have a “real” camera, but I did have my phone, an iPhone 14 Pro. Took this as the light was vanishing with care to get it sharp. It was very nice in color, but I thought better in BW, so BW it is. The church is the First United Methodist Church in downtown

Always interesting, Locks are a great subject. I think this will be a regular feature of my work and I’ll start hunting for interesting locks. These three are all Master Locks, but that’s just how it worked out. All shot with the Olympus E-M1 and my trusty 12-40/2.8

Reflections at night from a couple of signs and car taillights. This one in Boston, but these photos are not hard to find, but you have to be there at the right time of night were there are interesting reflections, wait until during or after the rain, and position yourself appropriately. I love it.

These two images represent different views of the same window in the Back-Bay section of Boston. Obviously it was painted black, but there was nice orange rust poking through. I should probably go back in my archives and see if there is another photo to provide a third All taken with the Olympus E-M1 Mk II and the 12-40/2.8

You’ve got to love the iPhone. This photo was just a grab when I was out in the rain in Boston. The exposure for such a tricky scene was just handled. There used to be another building on the left, but Photoshop’s magic Generative Fill eliminated it. I love the subtle colors, the contrast of old and new architecture, the moody sky. I thought should it be BW, but I kind of like the yellow windows on the older building

Walking around the city of Boston in early December, fall is gone. Winter hasn’t arrived. Not mud season, not snow season. But on Commonwealth Avenue near the Boston Public Garden, the final fall leaves have just fallen. The trees give up their last vestiges of summer and go dormant, awaiting the warmth and longer days of Spring. On the floor of Comm Ave, people have walked all over the leaves. The rain has beat them down and flattened out the shapes. The frost had bleached out the colors. There is little left, but I thought that the patterns were nice.