Somebody Get Me a Bicycle

So I'm wandering the streets of Monaco when I stumble upon a set of rustic, old-world, concrete-and-stone stairs. They immediately struck me as a heavy black and white candidate, and I snapped this...


Aside from looking cool, with leading lines and graphic elements and loads of texture, the scene also reminded me of my favorite photograph by the late Henri Cartier-Bresson. Witness "Hyères, France, 1932":

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum

In my mind this is a perfect image. It has everything. And it reflects Cartier-Bresson's pursuit of the "decisive moment" where everything falls together in a single, fleeting instant.

Now, I'm not suggesting I have even an inkling of Cartier-Bresson in me. But if I would have had the time to wait for someone to walk through the upper left corner of that frame...

Another Lake, Another Dollar

After a couple of weeks back from vacation and with an otherwise open long weekend ahead of us we headed back to the lake. A very calm affair, and hopefully these sunset shots reflect that. More rocks. More long exposures. But a little bit of Zen as well.