Learn To Fly
Focal Length: 58mm | Aperture: f13 | Exposure: 1/2500 | ISO: 1000 | Post: CS4
I highly recommend freely wandering the grounds at Shelburne Airport. It’s the closest you’ll probably be able to get to any aircraft in this day and age. I was in and out of hangars, peeking into cockpits, and just generally nosing around and exploring without a hint of authority looming over me. I was respectful, of course for there is that constant fear that your being watched even if it seems no one is around, so I played by the rules. When I stumbled upon the flying lesson hut, I fell in love with the sign “Learn to Fly” because it doesn’t specifically state that interested parties will be instructed in aeronautics or general aircraft piloting. And who doesn’t want to learn how to fly?
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.
September Sky
Focal Length: 55mm | Aperture: f5.6 | Exposure: 1/4000 | ISO: 1000 | Post: CS4
The clouds were the first thing I noticed when I relocated to the Green Mountain State of Vermont from California. NorCal has some clouds, sure and some fog too but neither can hold a candle to the utter awe and dynamic structure the billions of water droplets band together to create above us here in VT. I’m consistently blown away on an almost daily basis, there’s big fatty dark looming clouds, skinny streaky wispy clouds, clouds that look as if a rake had been dragged across the sky and mountainous clouds that billow into pillars that make Everest look like a dinky ‘ol pile of pebbles. I’ve come to make an effort to photograph exclusively on days offering some cloud cover, as opposed to my favored clear blue sky shooting on the San Francisco Streets. The clouds add additional dimension and character, ya dig?
Petrol Tanks
Focal Length: 35mm | Aperture: f5.6 | Exposure: 1/1250 | ISO: 1000 | Post: CS4
I was able to wander down Flynn Avenue today and let my eyes lead my feet through the industrial wasteland. I was practically in heaven, a bevy of grit and colorful dilapidation laid before me, and the clouds were incredible. I nailed down a handful of decent slams that I look forward to posting here in the days to come, but I wanted to throw this image up first as I adore the simplicity of it.
Burlington Brick
Focal Length: 31mm | Aperture: f9 | Exposure: 1/320 | ISO: 250 | Post: CS4
Delicious simplicity, texture, color and composition. I love how you can see where the city has made an effort to remove the graffiti from the brick, yet traces of it linger…
Patriotic Minimalism
Focal Length: 22mm | Aperture: f5.6 | Exposure: 1/320 | ISO: 1000 | Post: CS4
This past Saturday, I ventured into Essex to check out the Champlain Valley Fair. I hadn’t been in over a decade, and well… not much has changed really. Murphy’s Law was in full effect as the one day I attended was the only day it rained, and the rain almost amplifies the level of depression at the fair. Lot’s of stuff you don’t need for twice the price, agricultural exhibitions, rickety rides, and oh yes: fried dough. Discovering the red white and blue Winnebago out behind a poultry showcase was what made my day, I adore simply composed pictures with color and grit. Yum.
Vacant Domicile
Focal Length: 40mm | Aperture: f5 | Exposure: 1/4000 | ISO: 1000 | Post CS1
The Stockbridge neighborhood in Charlotte, Vermont consists of maybe a dozen upper-class homes all plopped on communal acreage. One of the first houses as you enter the development has been abandoned for quite a few years, weeds and shrubs have taken over the windows and walkways, the pool is murky with flotsam and jetsam, the paint is making a break for it and there’s a car in the driveway that has actually sunk into the asphalt as a result of not moving for several years.