DOWNTOWN

“Downtown –things will be great when you’re downtown” –as the Petula Clark song goes, and that is what I occasionally do.  I grab a camera and head downtown to walk and photograph the urban landscape.  I am drawn to the light as it outlines the various shapes while it hides others behind the dark shadows.  I think the key to shooting any downtown is to pick an area and become familiar with what stands out in that area – it could be the buildings or the people that reside within the area you have chosen to study.  However, in my case it is the mood or feeling that I want to create about these couple of city blocks–from the arrow lines in a parking lot to a mannequin in a window or a building peeking behind the shadows of another building.  My exposures are trying to capture the light and let the shadows go dark as a means of creating a hard look at my interpretation of this downtown.