STARTED MY DAY WITH THE INTENTION OF DOING A BUILDING/ CITY LANDSCAPE TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPH OF A PIZZA JOINT I PASSED BY THIS MORNING. WHAT MADE THIS PLACE SPECIAL TO ME IS THE ADDITION OF CERTAIN GRAFFITI ARTISTS WORK IVE BEEN NOTICING AND LOVING LATELY. THE WORK HAS BEEN PERFECTLY PLACED ON THIS PIZZA JOINT, MAKING THE SHOT REALLY. INSPIRATION HITS, YOU GOTTA GO FOR IT...
WENT BACK TO THE STUDIO, LOADED UP SOME PORTABLE LIGHTS AND STANDS, WAITED OUT 45 MINUTES OF TRAFFIC ON THE WILLAMSBURG BRIDGE, ANOTHER 30 MINUTES SPENT CIRCLING THE BLOCK TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK, WALKED UP TO THE SPOT, SET UP MY CAMERA, EXCITEMENT BUILDING, PERFECT LIGHT, NO PEOPLE, NO CARS, SO STOKED, WAITING FOR THE SUN TO POP OUT OF A CLOUD, ALMOST THERE, SUN STARTS TO PEAK OUT, PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT...PUTTING PRESSURE TO CLICK THE SHUTTER..... AND AT THAT EXACT MOMENT THE STORE OWNER SHOWED UP, OPENED THE GATES AND RUINED THE SHOT. IT HAPPENS.....
ILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.
THE ABOVE PHOTOS ARE WHAT I MADE OUT OF THE NEXT HOUR INSTEAD.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK TELLING US "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL". GENIUS. LOVE THIS GUYS WORK!!!!
MAKES ME HAPPY AND I THINK I GET THE MESSAGE, AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT IT IS SAYING TO ME :
"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" WITH OR WITHOUT A PERFECT ECONOMY.
"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" WITH OR WITOUT ALL THESE THINGS WEVE ALL GROWN TO DEPEND ON.
"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL". WE DONT NEED ALL THIS STUFF TO BE PERFECTLY HAPPY.
"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" IN AND OF ITSELF. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
LOOK AROUND AND TRY HARD ENOUGH AND I'LL BET YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT IT. THANKS MR. BRAINWASH, I NEEDED THAT REMINDER.
10/18/08 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
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i love the pic, and i love what you wrote...thank you so much for sharing these thoughts, it can't be any truer!
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