Howdy, y'all.
I am self-taught (self-learning?), aspiring to be a photographer. I am inspired by other photographers' work. I use a Nikon D-50 w/ a kit 28-88mm lens. Got the camera from a friend in March, 2012.
Here I post my photographs: plants, architecture, street scenes, night shots. Some people, even strangers. Every so often I post photography related content.
For many years, I believed the popular, unfounded fantasy that great art photographs are born exactly as published. This is, by the way, the twin sibling (both of them are equally evil) of the "authors sit down and spit out good writing" fallacy. Both art forms take buttloads of editing and rethinking and work.
Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy.
Fernando Socorro
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Flower: Sunset District. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Flowers: Sunset District. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Dedication: Market & Church. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
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Just found out this photo has been chosen as a finalist in Digital Photo Magazine’s 2013 Black and White Photo Contest!
http://www.dpmag.com/photo-contests/blackandwhite/finalists.html
Thank you again good people at luxlit for reblogging this! Apparently, if you are registered at Digital Photo Magazine (free) you can vote for your favorite photo. Thank you again!
Detail in B&W: Saint Cecilia’s Catholic Church, San Francisco, 05-12-13.
The beauty of decay, floating, desiccated flowers: Saint Cecilia’s Catholic Church, San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Trellised roses. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Corner layers of LGBT Community Center in B&W: Market & Octavia. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Corner of LGBT Community Center: Market & Octavia. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
California Volunteers Spanish American War Monument II: Market Street and Dolores. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
California Volunteers Spanish American War Monument I: Market Street and Dolores. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Tall: The Castro. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Tall in B&W: The Castro. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Street drag IV: Castro Street. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
Right about here it got to be much less The Eyes of Laura Mars and more like The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Castro. I say this because with the exception of the first few seconds (see the first photo), these two guys never tried to act feminine. They were guys badly dressed as women, just being guys. So, in a sense, they were not doing drag, they were goofing around. That said, because these two could not really be categorized, they also performed a great, unexpected, public gender fuck, a rarity in The Castro. Or anywhere.
Street drag III: Castro Street. San Francisco, 05-12-13.
