the 53 Project

Love the shapes this bottle makes.

Love how busy and vibrant a street has became. I will be back to street to shoot.

Canon Australia‎ is challenging people with a 30 day project https://30daysofleap.tumblr.com/. Shot a lot people on loop sunday for the latest Photosflood. Love street musicans. The loop is such a vibrant place now I need to shoot here more often.

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#taketheleap #mixthingsup

What a Performer! Basia was on fire, there was such passion in this performance. Very memorable, stick with me for weeks.

Abandoned School in the St. Louis MO. Amazing how trashed this place was but there was glimpses of beauty everywhere. Learn more here http://preservationresearch.com/2013/04/old-free-thinkers-school-falling-in-st-louis-place/

A Random assortment of images, taken in one shoot. Really enjoy the retro feel of some of these.

I like all kinds of photography but my soul is street photography. I really enjoy this and I want to hone my street skills.

Texture is an important part of my photography, I went through the archives and found some examples.  Very excited about theses Images.

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A little about the area:  Near North Riverfront is a bastion of St. Louis’ past industrial might, so much so, that any stroll through the neighborhood could be considered a walk through a veritable museum of manufacturing. Many big businesses, like Proctor and Gamble, still call the area home for their local operations. The neighborhood is also one of flux, having at one time in its history been a sort of western suburb for the Cahokian civilization east of the Mississippi, it is now set to change dramatically again if the controversial, new football stadium proposal is successful.

Dipped into unedited photos to take find this amazing door in one roughest parts of St. Louis City. Beauty everywhere...

Love this classic neighborhood. Decided to do explore it tinted.

Love the contrast of this area rich and poor so close together and beauty found in both places.

My son Gavyn has hydrocephalus "a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, typically in young children, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage." His young 4 year old life has been plagued by surgery and therapy.  This week was one of the hardest times in his and our lives. He had 2 surgery all very complex and the pressure was on, lots waiting lots of stress, lack of sleep. Was this a time to go shoot photos? One might not think so but it was exactly what I needed. After this 45 min walk with camera I felt focused and refreshed. To be shooting photos on the street is mediation and prayer to me, seeing the light all around me is calming to my soul. I believe God used this experience to show me that everything going all right and to not give up on those things that make us feel complete. Gavyn is doing very well and will be going home after a tomorrow.