..still from last year’s event, here’s a cosplayer.. i didn’t know what character she was so i just picked this image with her back to me..
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..this day last year i went to the Sakura Matsuri event at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.. now, i’ll just be on my couch surfing the net instead of lying down under these cherry blossom trees (see image below)..
..a couple waiting for a cab.. or the stop light to go green.. i can’t remember.. 🙂
*the page doesn’t seem to open up with internet explorer, i’ll try fixing this on the weekend.. in the meantime, this is a sign for you guys out there to jump ship and use mozilla/chrome already.. haha..
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chelsea styles
..taken on a stroll through chelsea..
*i’ve uploaded some images from this photoblog to panoramio and geo-tagged them if you’re curious where i take my photos..
..here’s a couple walking down beacon street ( i guess.. 😀 )..
..buddhist monks enjoying the view..
ei, bro.. this is soooo zen!
..well what do you know, it works! haha..
..taken a year ago this day at the union square subway station.. japanese tapdancers.. that’s what this post’s title is.. tapdancer.. (i’m not sure if it comes out on your system right.. it’s in katakana).. same place where i shot this..
..a couple of guys (the others are hiding somewhere) prepping their boat for sail.. it looks pretty brand new.. or well maintained.. or whatever they call them in seaman’s slang..
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in a pinch
..while shooting this one, a guy looking like a state trooper approached me and asked if i was with some newspaper or something like that (i guess, you’d have to have a permit for that sort of stuff).. eventually i convinced him that i was just some tourist going around the city.. so i got the usual tourist treatment with the obligatory tour + lecture.. 😀
..an artist showcasing (and selling) her work..
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oohs and aahs
..a pair of ladies looking up at the flatiron building..
..it’s the weekend! i feel like flying.. nah, i’ll just stay in bed..
..taken at the same time when i was out looking for the ‘manhattanhenge’ a few months back.. saw a biker doing some stunts for the CBS morning show thingy so i decided to drop by and shoot a few..
..halfway done..let’s toil towards the weekend..
..changed ISP at home and my pc was buggy, mr. cable man probably did something weird to it while i wasn’t there, so i’m back to a fresh install and still setting things up, will probably be a bit busy for a while..
..here’s something taken from weehawken from a few months ago..
..a little girl doodling on the street.. nyc rocks!? 😀
..money makes the world go round, the world go round.. la la la..
..here‘s something funny to watch this monday (and educational too.. i promise.. all that stuff about photographer’s rights etc. etc.)
..um, so, what mall are we gonna hit up next?
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running man
..running man.. that’s a dance move, right?
..this here’s 432 broome street (as seen from google street view).. i’ve passed this place multiple times and often see bustling activity going on inside, however, this time, the door was closed and the mural looked good, so i snapped away.. as it turns out (according to google), this establishment is owned by Josh Hadar of Hadar Metal Designs.. and they make pretty wicked bikes.. check it out here..
..a graffiti-laden ATM somewhere off SoHo…
Answers.com Katsu – (Japanese). In Japanese zen, an expletive uttered by one who has had a breakthrough experience, such as solving a kÅan or realizing enlightenment (bodhi; satori). In ordinary usage, it is a verb meaning ‘to win’ or ‘to gain dominance over’. There is also another word pronounced ‘katsu’ that occurs in Zen literature represented by a different Chinese character which means simply ‘to shout’.
..John Stewart from The Daily Show always ends his show with “your moment of zen”.. well, every payday for me is a moment of zen.. lol! and i end every atm transaction with an expletive.. haha..
..it’s a friday.. too bad the giants aren’t in the superbowl.. tsk3..
..ah, monday.. wouldn’t it be nice if you were at the mall now? 🙂
..not that i totally agree with what this picket sign says, but you get my point.. i don’t want rockets raining down my country’s border either but i also don’t want civilians getting hurt.. so here i am making a stand while sitting on my beanbag..
..protesters at 2nd ave where the israeli consulate is located (taken: 1/3/09)
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blurry skates
..winter scenes..before winter ends..
..skating @ bryant park..
..tgif..
..have a great weekend..
..taken a week ago at the casino.. i got permission to shoot this one from one of the guys in suits so, cool!
..upper left looks like elton john, upper right.. elvis?, lower left.. madonna, lower right.. mick jagger? and a pair of grannies..
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out for a stroll
..here’s another curvy “lead-the-eye-up-the-frame” shot taken on a stroll around Fort Tryon park..
..hopefully, that’s what i’ll be doing this saturday too.. 😉
..enjoy the weekend..
..start the new year right, bury yourselves in debt.. lol.. these “sale” signs are everywhere..
..smooching at times square where a bunch of cameras go randomly flicking around, you’re bound to be papparazzie’d.. and think of the time i took taking out the camera from my bag, tweaking the settings and composing the shot, they were still at it after shooting 15-20 shots.. i bet they were still at it when we were in the trains.. lol.. 😀
..took a walk yesterday to relieve myself of all the calories i’ve been wolfing down..
..okay, so the guy on the right isn’t showing any butt crack, but still, the position is pretty close.. 😀
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mobile bikers
..never had the time (or motivation) to walk around and observe my surroundings here in Mobile.. so yesterday, i went out for a walk and just after 5 minutes walking, i heard loud, throbbing roars coming from 150-200 big bikes passing by the road.. i thought to myself, ” man, how lucky can i be.. 😀 “.. i easily filled up 2gigs+ worth of raw photos.. i’ll be posting them in the gallery today and put the link up tomorrow.. now, i don’t know what the event was nor what those bikes are called but they sure look nice.. 😀
*..i’ve tweaked the display size for portrait-oriented images so load times will take sometime because they’re HUGE.. 🙂
..there was a family shoot going on under the pier, here are some kids taking a break while their parents pose for the camera.. the view from up there was awesome, however, there weren’t any interesting subjects to shoot.. maybe on summer.. 😉
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mortal marionette
..who’s pulling your strings?
..shot at the same place where i got this.. straight out of the camera.. too lazy to postprocess.. it’s cooold.. i’d off to bed now.. brrrrrr.. time to crank up the heater..
..made a beeline for the mall in central park and instead saw a group of guys playing football amidst the dirt, dust & fallen leaves.. the scene was further accentuated by the low lying sunlight peering through the trees and hitting the disturbed dust, bathing them in the golden, dusty glow of fall.. too bad this photo doesn’t do justice to what i actually saw.. oh well, i guess this will do for today.. 🙂
..and i finally got my vfxy approved.. if you wanna give me some lovin’, now’s the time to do it.. lol..
..yesterday was up there, now i’m down here.. 🙂
..just some random guy doing random stuff at a concert at a park.. 🙂
..aaaand monday’s over.. and so, to offset monday’s anti-happy-happy-joy-joy post and for something totally different, since it’s tuesday and the spanish translation of tuesday is martes.. here’s marta.. get it?
..this is just one of the many shots i’ve been meaning to fix & organize but can’t seem to find the time to do so.. and when that time comes, i’ll be sure to send these out to them.. 😀
..oh, and do you know who the 2nd most beautiful woman in NYC is? hit THIS one to find out.. lol..
..yeah, i know..
..a little bit early for halloween..
..to get a phone signal after getting off of the subway, this is what you should do.. lol..
..shot on a late, cloudy day off of carnegie hall, a one-legged lady (not really)
*update 7:04PM EST*
..i think i’ve got some of you fooled..that’s not a reflection, that’s just an advertisement of the carnegie hall’s facade..i shot this behind the carnegie hall.. 😀
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dirty dancing
..i’m not artsy but was just in the mood to do some ‘research’ 😀
..corollary to this post, and this post.. here’s another shot from this year’s dancing at the crossroads event..
..a dancer from the buglisi dance theatre performing an excerpt from the ‘suspended women‘ choreographed by jacqulyn buglisi..
inspired by the writings of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, one of the finest Hispanic poets of the 17th century, acclaimed in her time as “Phoenix of Mexico, America’s Tenth Muse.” This new work involved 12 women and 4 men and the terrible beauty that is seen in their surrendered falling and rising. This dance explores the places in this world that are neither here nor there, neither up nor down, neither real nor imaginary. They are the in between places (thresholds) difficult to find and challenging to sustain. Yet they are the most fruitful places of all. For in these liminal narrows, a kind of life (suspended) takes place that is out of the ordinary, creative, and genuinely magical. Suspended Women will be danced to composer Daniel Roumain’s arrangement of Ravel’s Concerto for Piano in G major, with interpolations on the score composed and played by Roumain. Ms. Buglisi uses this dance as a vehicle to speak out against violence and supression.
..update.. changed the title, this sounds better.. 😀
..this now concludes the end of the first series that i’ve put up ..it’s not like i still have some photos left to post but my web host’s servers aren’t cooperating so i’ve ended it prematurely
..here are two manhattanites and a G.I.R.
..and on a sidenote.. the d90’s video sucks & the 5dMkII’s video kicks ass.. lolololol
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couple
..just a couple at the boardwalk..
..do you remember the first time you’ve thought about what love is? reach deep down and let me know how it goes.. let’s help out this li’l guy.. 😀
..ever tried taking baby shots and coaxing him/her to smile? not so easy, right? that’s what i found out too.. anne geddess rules.. 😀
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tribute in light
..the twin beams of ‘tribute in light’ returned yesterday for a one night tribute to all those lost on 9/11 as well as those who worked in its aftermath.. the lights were located at West & Morris streets in Lower Manhattan, was on since sunset up until dawn this morning.. a plethora of people came out in droves to witness it yet again, including a BUNCH of photographers shown here..
..a mini virtuoso in action..
..taken during museum mile 2008 event along the upper east side, the bell choir in front of the episcopal church of the heavenly rest.. i don’t know what song they’re performing, but it certainly wasn’t metallica’s ‘for whom the bell tolls’ 😛
..no smart aleck description.. just a couple meeting up in union square.. shot three floors above a department store..
*with gustaf escalating from a tropical storm to a hurricane, i felt that it was prudent to go to my buddy in houston to guzzle down some fine booze.. 😉
this is a game of complete the sentence.. what do you think these guys are..