Danny Tellers has informed me that I will be able to see his new design of my photography site on Thursday!
I'm really excited and I'm sure I will love it!
Danny is an amazing designer. You can check out his work here.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
On the horizon...
I haven't updated my actual website, Paul Collins Photography, in a while due to an imminent redesign by the wonderful and amazingly talented Danny Tellers.
I'm really excited as this will be far better than anything I could have ever done on my own.
In the mean time, be sure to check out my street photography galleries there (if you haven't already).
It's a slice of time and space from San Francisco to New York, spanning 1989 to the present.
If you are on Facebook, I also have galleries up at my own Artist Page there.
There's always something new and groovy happening over at the 15x100 Blog! Be sure to stop by regularly.
I'm really excited as this will be far better than anything I could have ever done on my own.
In the mean time, be sure to check out my street photography galleries there (if you haven't already).
It's a slice of time and space from San Francisco to New York, spanning 1989 to the present.
If you are on Facebook, I also have galleries up at my own Artist Page there.
There's always something new and groovy happening over at the 15x100 Blog! Be sure to stop by regularly.
Friday, January 23, 2009
I've been published at One Exposure
I'm pleased to announce that one of my images, "Park Slope Diva", has been added to the hallowed galleries of One Exposure!
It's very exciting to have been deemed worthy by such a distinguished collection of photographers!
Link is here.
It's very exciting to have been deemed worthy by such a distinguished collection of photographers!
Link is here.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
A bit of news from my world...
New gallery on the site. “Polk and Sacramento”.
This completes what will become the Street Photography section of the galleries.
They will ultimately be sectioned off by way of a main gallery menu.
I haven’t quite decided what the other sections will be just yet though.
The story behind “Polk and Sacramento” begins with my severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder.
I lived in San Francisco from ‘89 to ‘93, and supported myself by working in one hour photo labs (back when that was considered a “skill”).
The job itself can get monotonous pretty quickly. Day after day of roll after roll of boring family vacation pictures can make you want to claw your face off after a while.
So, to relieve the boredom, I used to spend my lunch break photographing everyone who walked past the store (which was on the corner of Polk street and Sacramento street, hence the name of the gallery).
All shot with my old Canon F-1, on Tri-X.
I had no designs on making a project out of it. It was really just a way to keep my brain from atrophying.
All these years later I revisited those shots and was quite surprised by what I’d captured.
An interesting little slice of life in the microcosm that was one street corner, in one neighborhood, in one city.
A documentary, of sorts.
It was fascinating to recall people’s reactions to me.
I’m sure they all wondered who was this freaky fellow just standing there taking pictures of everybody?
Some seemed to be amused by it. Others scowled. Most just ignored me and kept walking.
Being that I was stationary, it was tricky to compose the shots with any sense of inconspicuousness.
In other types of street photography that I’ve done, I was always moving.
With a few exceptions, it was a “hit and run“ style of shooting.
In Polk and Sacramento, I was forced to confront the awareness of each subject.
There were never any verbal exchanges. But the one-second conversation our eyes would have said enough.
In the coming days I’ll talk a bit about the other 3 street galleries and the inspirations and stories behind them.
This completes what will become the Street Photography section of the galleries.
They will ultimately be sectioned off by way of a main gallery menu.
I haven’t quite decided what the other sections will be just yet though.
The story behind “Polk and Sacramento” begins with my severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder.
I lived in San Francisco from ‘89 to ‘93, and supported myself by working in one hour photo labs (back when that was considered a “skill”).
The job itself can get monotonous pretty quickly. Day after day of roll after roll of boring family vacation pictures can make you want to claw your face off after a while.
So, to relieve the boredom, I used to spend my lunch break photographing everyone who walked past the store (which was on the corner of Polk street and Sacramento street, hence the name of the gallery).
All shot with my old Canon F-1, on Tri-X.
I had no designs on making a project out of it. It was really just a way to keep my brain from atrophying.
All these years later I revisited those shots and was quite surprised by what I’d captured.
An interesting little slice of life in the microcosm that was one street corner, in one neighborhood, in one city.
A documentary, of sorts.
It was fascinating to recall people’s reactions to me.
I’m sure they all wondered who was this freaky fellow just standing there taking pictures of everybody?
Some seemed to be amused by it. Others scowled. Most just ignored me and kept walking.
Being that I was stationary, it was tricky to compose the shots with any sense of inconspicuousness.
In other types of street photography that I’ve done, I was always moving.
With a few exceptions, it was a “hit and run“ style of shooting.
In Polk and Sacramento, I was forced to confront the awareness of each subject.
There were never any verbal exchanges. But the one-second conversation our eyes would have said enough.
In the coming days I’ll talk a bit about the other 3 street galleries and the inspirations and stories behind them.
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