Photo Walk Part 3 or 5000 Steps

A photo walk is, typically something organized by a camera club, where an ad hoc gathering of photographers does a walking tour of a planned route.  However, there is no reason why one cannot choose a place and do a photo walk on your own. This post is one man, one camera, 5000 steps and what I recorded while walking through a colorful neighborhood here in Tucson.

When I walk down a street...a certain synergy takes hold.  A peeling wall, tiled steps, a blue painted adobe house and artwork on walls excite my eyes.  There is a picture of a yellow car in front of a yellow house, which makes you wonder what came first the yellow car or the yellow house.  This is a simple exercise of 5000 steps and enjoying the shapes and colors you encounter on the way.  There is art all around you...you sometimes just have to stop and see it.  You have to walk with your eyes.

The images taken on this Photo Walk were made around the area of Elm Street just off Campbell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona

Follow The Arrow

This is the first post of 2019, and I thought I would dedicate it to directions.  We all look for directions in making decisions and with the New Year we are definitely in need of some direction.  Should I do this or do that?  Am I moving in the right direction with my life choices?

We all accept that an arrow is a sign pointing to direction we should take.  But sometimes the arrows we come upon can be misleading.  Do I go to the right or left; maybe neither is the correct direction.  So here photographically is my collection of arrows that fascinated me wherever I found them.  They neither solve the question, “is this the right direction I am moving in?”...Or maybe they are telling us something else.   However, they may be simply painted arrows of no significance.

This post is an example of a challenge of finding a subject and photographing it in as many situations as you come across.  These images of arrows were made over a period of two years.  Each time I came across an arrow I recorded it with the intent to use the image in some creation at a later date.