Personally, I think graffiti loses some of its cool when it’s contained to a bunch of tagboard masonite mounted on the side of a building. The style is still there, but the soul isn’t. And in this case, the technique seems to be a bit lacking as well.
The new school year started already today. The boys weren't too excited, but handled it well. As it turns out, they both like their teachers and seating arrangements.
The Diana+ is one of the recent lomo cameras in a similar vein to the Holga line. Based on the Diana toy camera from the 1960's, the "+" equals a few improvements, including the pinhole option which is available by removing the lens entirely. It shoots medium format film, and draws some really neat images.
These three images are some of my favorite black & whites so far. The first two are from a photo walk in downtown Portland, OR.
Obama Town Hall Meeting, Aberdeen, SD. If you follow me on Flickr, you've seen these, but I thought I better post them over here too, because I really like the way they turned out. I took these on a Leica M8, a fantastically expensive camera that I happened to be test driving over that weekend. It was really fun to use, but it's really difficult to justify the price point.
Angie's sister had her baby this past week. Lincoln Michael Turner. Great name, beautiful baby. We got the opportunity to go up to Minneapolis and visit while they were still in the hospital, bringing Lincoln's older siblings along for the ride.
It was a great trip. Congratulations to the Turners on the new arrival.
aaron
graffiti you can take with you wherever you go… I like it. They should have used masonite, though.
Stefan Hartwig
Maybe it was masonite. I didn’t look that closely. It probably was, now that I think about it.
Peter Martin Jorgensen
Yeah the technique isn’t the best around.
But those closeups are spot on. Nice mini-series. I really am enyoing your blog.
Stefan Hartwig
Thanks Peter. I’m much preferring the mini-series approach. You can throw some off the wall shots in there and not have to worry about them telling the whole story. Thanks for visiting!
angela
sus graffitis son bonitos