Picture makers often make self portraits from time to time. I am no different, I guess it is because we are often making pictures for others. If we desire a picture of ourselves we have to model for it ourselves. We are also cheap models. I have made self portraits in other mediums such as painting and etching. This portrait was done using a mirror. Artists Such as Rembrandt Van Rijn painted self portraits all his life portraying himself in different ways. This invites us into the artists psyche and history.
I know many of you are wondering, what am I thinking? OK, I will tell you. I was actually looking in the mirror at myself and thinking about you.
This is the place to go to if you want good food and to meet some nice people. This is still a great meeting place many of the town’s residents and businesses.
This image brought back memories of my childhood in Connecticut. I used to go to the laundromat to wash the clothes, but we did not have the carriages to bring the clothes to the laundromat. We had to carry them on our backs and most of times the bag was heavier or larger than we were. Please note that I was only about 9 years old and a real skinny kid.
In this photograph this women is able to carry two bags in the cart and two in her arms in order to get her work done. She is very industrious and I see this everyday in different ways on the streets of Irvington, New Jersey, my home away from home for 29 years.
Sometimes we have to move away from the seriousness of picture making and have some fun. This image is actually titled Take Your Best Shot.
I know the lower urinal is for small children, but I have gone into the restroom to find all of the taller urinals being used and I had to take a aim at the shorter ones. I guess it is better than the father holding their son up to reach the taller ones. The other choice happens when you are the first one in the restroom and you have to make a decision; which one and who will be next to me at the urinal hopefully someone who can take aim at the urinal and not your shoe.
By the way this image was taken with a Yashica T4 point and shoot camera. I know some of you are wondering “Did anyone walk in while I was taking this shot.?”
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Enjoy!
Ray Horner Jr.
PS Be on the lookout for more new pictures this week!
Remember Boomers work hard:)
Kless Diner was a well known Diner in Irvington, New Jersey.Recently the site has been replaced by IHOP. I remember the early days of sitting in this diner in it’s hay day with my uncle eating. The food was good and had it’s own original characteristic. This photo was taken while the old beautiful sign was being replaced with the new fixture.
The Kless Diner sign is a work of art. Do you have old institutions that need to be recorded by photos so that their history can live on?
This photo was taken with a Contax G1 using a 45mm lens. With this shot I decided to focus on the vertical columns and the slab on the lower right ground level. I used it to divide the space like a Piet Mondrian painting. It is a representational image, but I also used the objects like abstract elements in the compositional arrangement.
This camera is no longer available as a new camera. However, it can still be purchased at a good price Click here for eBay!
Every time I look at this picture I reflect on the breath taking views and the feelings I got that makes me want to return. The Grand Canyon is so much to take in so I could probably visit every year for the rest of my life and never get bored.
If you do go, take your digital or film camera and enjoy making photo’s. I will probably take my Canon digital Rebel Xti with me the next time I go to this awesome place. Digital cameras allow us to edit the bad ones out on the spot. What you don’t see on the blog is all of the bad photo’s I made while trying to capture the moment. So don’t feel bad if the first few images don’t look the way you would like. Remember, the delete button is our best friend and so is the trash can with film.
This image caught my eye because of the purple color in the Canyon. This picture was taken with my Voigtlander Bessa R3a with a 40mm lens.
This the first color photo to be posted on this site this image was taken with my Canon 7n with a 28-105mm lens. I really enjoyed being on this location. It is always difficult to bring back the overwhelming feeling of being in Arizona at the Grand Canyon. So what I focused in on, was the sculptural feeling of the Canyon in this picture.
