Dugout Time
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” ~ Marc Riboud
Last week, around the 4th inning.
A quick snap, but one I like.
It has the layering I love, but rarely find.
The ballplayers in the foreground.
Matt in the center of the frame, along with a teammate on the bench.
Two moms in the background.
Foreground, midground, background.
Some beautiful evening backlight, lucky for me.
Shot in color, converted to B&W to give it a bit of a timeless quality.
Stopping time, savoring life.
Photography helps me do that.
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Brother Brother
These two…tight as a wet knot.
Today, on National Brothers Day, in between home-schooling sessions (for them) and Zoom calls (for me) I had to get a quick portrait of Chase and Matt together.
And decide to have them holding another portrait I took of them, a good nine years ago.
Quick, using window light only, but I like it.
Then again, I might like the outtakes better.
This whole pandemic has made them closer. Maybe that’s why Chase pitches so well when Matt is his catcher.
Love these two guys.
My guys.
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JSP Visual Week In Review ~ 05.22.21
A little inside, um, baseball, here:
It’s 10:30 pm here in New Jersey.
I’m beat.
The back of my neck is sunburned after being on the field, for, watching, or photographing four baseball/softballs games this weekend.
I coached two games, watched one as a parental fan, and photographed (on commission) the fourth. That one is being backed up to two cloud sources right now.
All that said, I’m beat. It was a beautiful weekend here in New jersey, with temps in the high 80s. But I’m tired.
Nothing a good night’s sleep can’t fix! Here’s to it!
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This Week’s Links:
What I Read This Week: Still working on Barrier Island. It was a low-reading week.
What I Watched this Week: The Crimson Kimono, a crime drama (more drama than film noir) form Samuel Fuller.
Far Out Magazine: Hugh Holland and photographing the rise of skateboarding in Southern California.
DIY Photography: Comedy Wildlife Photography
1854 Photography: The dark side of the City of Angels
RIP: Chi Modu, celebrated hip hop photographer, and Jersey guy.
“I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at their design, their shape, their individual characteristics. Think ahead and imagine their significance.” ~ Martin Parr (May 23, 1952)
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World Bee Day
Since today is World Bee Day, I’m thinking back to a shoot I did about seven years ago now.
I had found out a colleague kept bees on the campus I was working out of. I found it interesting that the company allowed it, but when I looked into it, it was even more interesting.
Back in 2014, I blogged all about it.
Since, then, though, I’ve been on a number of our campuses that also have bee apiaries on them. Along with planting wildflowers, it’s been part of my company’s initiative to help restore the bee population.
When I was at our campus in Cork, Ireland, I saw that they have bee apiaries and a pollinator program going on there too.
In fact, all my photos are being used by my company today, to help highlight these efforts.
It’s a beee-utiful thing, no?
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