April 2012

Apr

29

Cuba Gallery Added

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I finally finished editing my shots from Cuba. It took almost a month which isn’t too bad considering I took nearly one thousand shots down there. I had to select my thirty favorite for the gallery, see them here:

http://www.porteryates.com/galleries/countries/#2113

 

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Apr

29

Cyanical

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Seeing my last post Reverse Cloud, made me look for a similarly structured image. I found one I took at the famous glacial lagoon, Jökulsárlón on the south coast of Iceland. There’s similarity in the colors and composition. There is even a hood ornament to match.

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Apr

28

Reverse Cloud

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A blue car floating against a white wall. The wheel wells don’t fit the tires, the silhouettes both concentrating on the fare. The hood ornament makes the shot.

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Apr

27

Hat and Shawl Crowd

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This woman was part of a crowd that had gathered at a protest in La Paz, Bolivia. I’m not sure how she kept her hat on, it looks like it would fall of with the slightest movement.

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Apr

24

Added Social Icons

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I’m trying out a new widget that will allow my posts and features to be shared over social media. There are still a few kinks I need to work out.

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Apr

23

Reflected Track

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More than a year old, I took this shot in the first few days of 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. I didn’t have a tripod but was able to find a nice angle at the bottom of the famous Tokyo Tower. I rested my camera in the support track and was able to hold it steady long enough to capture a clear image.

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Apr

19

Forbidden Tech

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A picture from the city district in London, England. A few seconds after I snapped this, a security guard banged on the window from inside the building next to me. He shook his finger, telling me photography was not allowed and motioned for me to get lost. Still got the shot.

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Apr

17

Manes and Horns

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When I saw the cluster of patterns and shapes that existed in the mix of zebra and wildebeest I decided to try a tightly framed shot. I wanted to capture the depth and busyness I was seeing. I couldn’t get out of the safari jeep so I had to shoot from a low window. I think the angle came out pretty good. I took this in Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

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Apr

15

Biding Stride

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I took this shot on a side street in Trinidad, Cuba.  The image has a strong sense of geometry, light and color which is balanced by the softer subject matter of the man and woman.

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Apr

14

Threaded Color

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More color play. This time in Marrakech, Morocco. I took this at a yarn factory in the old medina. The afternoon sun filtered through the bunches of yarn, making the colors intensely vibrant. I would have preferred to take photos of the yarn workers but was explicitly told they don’t like their picture taken. Whenever I raised my lens, the workers would cover their faces or look the other way, even when I was pointing my camera towards them.

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