Project 365/2012 - RickSawThat

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RickSawThat

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No worries :) Actually today people were very chatty and a number of people came up to me and held very cool conversations. One guy was a street person and was pointing out all the locals and telling me their stories and thier nicknames, where they sleep and their habits. As we are talking he offered to buy me a water at the nearby Starbucks :) another guy just chatted was very friendly. I go to pretty much the same spot and keep recording what I see from that vantage. People are definitely starting to recognize and acknowledge me as just another local.

No worries I have never felt threatened or in danger doing these photos.
 
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This is very nice work. I was mildly aware of the site 500px maybe should spend more time checking it out :) I already spend too much time here on Nikonites though ;) Here it's just like hanging out with friends :)
 
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Day 177
06/25/2012

Street Portraits (click on each image to view proper size, exposure and resolution)

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Well just looked at the subject for this weeks challenge. Looks like I'm going to have to look for some "curves" in this weeks street portrait pics. Hmmmm I've seen a few curves in Hollywood lately :)
 
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Eye-level

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Yeah and it is nice and warm nowadays so that means those are probably going to be "exposed" curves...I'm all in sir get after it! :)

Note. You may have to alter your modus operandi for the challenge and do some full body length portraits. LOL
 
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Eye-level said:
Yeah and it is nice and warm nowadays so that means those are probably going to be "exposed" curves...I'm all in sir get after it! :)

Note. You may have to alter your modus operandi for the challenge and do some full body length portraits. LOL
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Kind of thinking along those lines myself lol :D
 
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Well you have all encouraged me to take my photos out and see if there is interest beyond project 365. So I printed about 20 selected images and had them bound in a book to show.

I then wrote this "intro" to put into the inside cover and I want to hear what you guys think of it. Open to constructive comments (but be nice)

Back-story:

This project is an ongoing and ever changing peek at a small slice of the planet earth. All the images were shot within a 300-foot radius in the heart of Hollywood, CA.

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Right here between Madam Tussaud's and the Chinese Theater.

It’s just a nanosecond really less than 1/200[SUP]th[/SUP] of a second that captures each look and each emotion. It is an exploration of how I see the people that pass us by all day every day. I come to the same spot every time and am now a part of the street scene. I don’t hide and I want the people to know I’m taking these images; I want them to see me just like I see them.

Each image is candid and never planned. I am never more than 15 feet away from the subject. But in that fraction of a second you can see who the people are, it’s almost like you can feel what they are thinking. We look into their eyes and through that themselves.

Some people sit and chat with me while I shoot, some just keep going on their day. I show people images if they want to see what I am doing and I also post new pictures daily and people can look for themselves on it.

This all morphed from an online “nikonites project 365” and through that I became focused on this slice of Los Angeles and the people that pass by. It is becoming a part of expressing my appreciation for the people in my city.

I still post daily in the project 365 and want to thank my online friends for their friendship, critique and encouragement. Here’s to the online tribe known as Nikonites!

Rick Wilson
 
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I am in a spot where it is a combination of open shade in exactly the right tiny little spot and then a mix of sun and shade. This is late morning light so the sun is a bit low to be giving a lot of reflection off the pavement yet.
 
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