Nantucket Vintage
Focal Length: 18mm | Aperture: f10 | Exposure: 1/400 | ISO: 400 | Post: CS1
Few places come to mind when recalling destinations I have frequented as often as Nantucket. My family and I ventured to the small island for the fist time over a decade ago and all of us immediately fell in love with it’s charm and began a bevy of semi-annual returns in the following years. There is a very apparent feeling of going back in time once you set foot upon the island, strict rules govern the style and even the color of structures built here, no chain stores exist on this patch if sand in the Atlantic (what, no McDonald’s?! Nope.), the cobbled streets in the center of town and the overall attitude of locals all pay homage to a simpler time. Suffice it to say that it’s a real treat to stumble upon a classic auto parked on the cobblestone.
Lusciously Mundane
Focal Length: 28mm | Aperture: f5.6 | Exposure: 1/400 | ISO: 1000 | Post: CS4
So let’s be honest: I fucking adore color, especially in often overlooked everyday circumstances. The bright orange of a traffic cone set against the dull and dirty background of asphalt, vibrant graffiti lining the walls of an avoided alley, the vividly colored plastic of trash or recycling bins on the sidewalk, I love all these things. Fortunately, I’m surrounded by such occurrences on a daily basis (most of us are), the trick is putting effort into actually observing and appreciating the splashes of color that are apparent in our everyday lives. Take a walk and soak it up.