“the serenity tree”

the scarecrow’s hand

a magnificent specimen

i drove up to Oakland today, the most beautiful day this year, and saw things like this that i thought were glorious and green.

i was up there to go to my medical marijuana (mmj) dispensary which is across the street from this magnificent specimen of palmlyness. cannabis is definitely glorious and green. so i bought my pot and drove across the street to take some pictures.

lately i’ve been taking pictures of buildings, with an eye for the abstract. i used to take pictures of textures and shapes. then i moved on to houses and shadows. i didn’t take and pictures for a long time. when i went to the movies last week, the odd and rather grand architecture of  the theater caught my eye. i whipped out my camera and started snapping away.

the strange thing about that, as well as these and almost anything i’ve taken pictures in the past couple of weeks were all shot that were so in the sun that i couldn’t see anything through the camera. as you know, smart phone screens look black in bright light. i looked at the subject, framed the shot in my mind and shot it without seeing it until after i’ve taken it! isn’t that a strange thing?

have a delightful evening! 🙂

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yesterday it was rainy all morning and i was disappointed because i really wanted to get out and shoot some more photos. shadows are an important part of the photos i’ve been taking lately, so a rainy day was no good for taking pictures. luckily…the sun came out in the afternoon. i wandered around my street to look at shadows on houses, mostly. the other thing i’ve been doing is making this series about houses in the neighborhood. you can probably tell that in the photos.

i ended up taking a lot of photos that could be potentially be good. this was my favorite, though. i like the way the shadows of the branches on the side of the house make it seem like the tree has twice as many branches. this is my usual format, black and white and square.  🙂

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