BLACK WHITE COLORS

Hello Friends,

So the questions is BLACK? WHITE? COLORS?

For me it's really a matter of mood........................ not necessarily MY mood (which sometimes it is!),
but mostly Ze mood of the photograph. Ze atmosphere. Ze ambiance!

I also got my periods (People!!!!!! get your mind out of the gutters!!!!!), what I want to say is I have my moments, you know ........like Picasso...........

Sometimes all I see is colors and sometimes all I see is Black and White and all the tones in between.

I certainly started mostly showing pictures in colors, lots of colors. I wanted to see the world happy, gay, delicious...................
And then I started the evolution of me the photographer (an ongoing evolution).

I began to be more selective on what I was seeing and presenting.
I needed to experiment.
And also my subjects became more conducive to Black and White.
Just like I said it has been an evolution.
I wanted to show emotions, feelings, and for me Black and White was really the answer.
Don't get me wrong that doesn't mean you can't achieve that with colors, by all means you can.

Please don't ask me what I prefer, I won't tell you!!!!

I certainly can confirm that I have been working more with B&W lately, and I seemed not to have gone easily away from it. I don't plan it anyways......... even if from time to time I have a few shots in colors............

PEACE
SERENITY
CALMNESS
MYSTERY
NOSTALGIA
PURITY
SOFTNESS
....and many more words to express what BLACK AND WHITE

Peace Love and Photography

CXC

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MOMEMTALISM

Hello Friends!

Today I want to talked to you about MOMENTALISM.................... Yes I know I know I know it's not a real word!!!!! I checked the dictionary already.
But it SHOULD BE!!!!!!! ( it's not from me and I'm very upset about that!!!!! It was in a comment left from the amazing @lightchaser1 on one of my picture. You should check him out btw, amazing photographer)

I'm sure you got the understanding of what I want to talked to you about!

Yes it's about that moment you aim at a very specific subject to a very special direction........... and then it HAPPENS!!!!!!

SERENDIPITY. Oh! I love those shots when you think you got something and really you got much more.

My first memorable one was this one I took in Hong Kong TST. Ines? Hong Kong Friends and friends of Hong Kong you know where that is!!!!! I know you do.!!!!!!

And then I also got this one in HK in a mall.

Most of the time people are the main characters of the MOMENTALIST shots, but I have to say my friends the birds play a great deal with it too. Especially my friends the pigeons, the seagulls, an even bees............
Let me find some of them photographs

Peace Love and Photography

CXC

NEW YORK CITY IS SINGING IN THE RAIN AND SO AM I...... PART 2

Hello Friends.

So let's be serious here for a moment. I don't really looooove the rain I really liiiiiiike it.
I really like it because I think it's made for really great moody pictures, great atmosphere and ambiance.
And we are after all in the perfect season for that: Fall!!!!.

Personally I like to say Autumn better, it's prettier as a word and it almost sounds like french........... so bias of me!!!!

So in this beginning of Autumn the rain and the cooler temperatures make me in a certain melancholic mood, not sad at all. But just in that state of mind of regretting the hot days of summer,
the days at the beach,
the fantastic scorching days spent in ze pool and the roof deck with friends,
all the evenings watching the sunsets over Manhattan, Glass of wine in hand
and weekend mornings enjoying my coffee observing the Morning Glories closing as the temperatures would raise......

I personally have a little situation........... it hasn't rained much lately........ so I only have a few shots left in my bank for the serie. It was supposed to rain today all day but nothing really, it's planed for tomorrow............ I'm praying to the "Rain Gods and Goddesses" like my crops were depending on it!!!

So I promised on my last post here are some rainy shots, some you might have seen on Instagram if you follow and some never seen before!!!!

And one last thing my Dear Friends, I noticed that I have a great deal of hits on this blog and I thank you sooooo much for that but I don't have so many followers. It's easy as 1 2 3: just hit " JOIN THIS SITE" and follow the very easy steps. ThAnk you so much.

Peace Love and Photography

CXC

NEW YORK CITY IS SINGING IN THE RAIN AND SO AM I......

Hello Friends!

RAIN!

I want to talk to you about my next serie of pictures that is all about RAIN!

Not very popular:
Soooooo wet!!! (I know that was easy!!),
Dreary,
Gloomy,
Most of the time cold,
Sometimes depressing.
Well not quite joyful............. for most, but for me it is and I hope to translate that to you through my photography.

Before I show some pictures I want to explain about my day yesterday:

During my lunch break I decided to go West to Central Park for a change.
It was about to rain I could tell. And sure enough soon after my arrival in what seemed to be an abandoned park. (A delight to me in this so busy city).
I got great "non rainy shots" I'll show you in this post. And I also got some great "rainy ones" I'll show you later.

I felt really good......................

Once my money maker day was over I needed to go to the Garment District.
I got off on 40th street. Once outside I looked South at the sky:
It was so dark and menacing. No doubts it wasn't going to rain but it was going to pour.

I decided to go towards Times Square.

All I had in mind was "The Red Steps" all for me................ and yes I got them all for me for a moment and sooooo much more.

So before reaching my goal I made it in the middle of Times Square when the first drops started to fall with abundance.

First it was panic among the tourists: screams, running, and here I was under my umbrella with my IPhone the document all of it.
What a delight!!! I Went around witnessing the rainy scenes unfolding before my eyes. Got wet to my knees but it didn't matter.

I felt like a child Christmas morning. ( a wet child!!!!!)

I can't wait to show you ............................................ but not today.............................. 

Peace Love and Photography

CXC

MY PHOTO ALBUM

Hello friends!!!

It was a very long time coming................ I finally ordered a photo album!!!!  A photo album with the photographs I put all my soul in it.
I'm super exited for so many reasons.
So let me try to put them in order............ you know I like order!!!!!!!

1. I want to own a Coffee Table Album with my own work and YES it will be on MY COFFEE TABLE!!!!!!!!                                                                                                                                     ZE piece of conversation... ( let me tell you all who come in my kingdom know about my passion for mobile photography, they suffered from it one day or an other I'll come back to that an other day) 
2. I want to see what it looks like on paper....... the truth. I have had some pictures printed but the album will be more professional, slicker.
3. I want a different platform for showing

These are a the main reasons..............



Like I said I wanted to have an album for a long time and now I can't wait for it to arrive.

The other situation I encounter was which company to choose from???? There are so many, with many different styles, covers and the list goes on.... I looked around because I'm a smart shopper.......

But at the end of the day I do believe in what people recommend so I went with Keepsy. They were the ones I heard the best feedback from and by looking at their website and tutorial, I was sold........ (now let me clear something here: I not affiliated to them, I don't know them) but I certainly will give you my feedback on the final product................. that's what friends do...............

After that was: which pictures do I put in it?! I have so many to choose from.
Because I'm a New York  mobile photographer I have chosen .............. yes you guessed it NYC!!!!
To be specific The Street Of New York City. (I'll post some I've chosen for the album).
And I know what is going to be the next one and the next one and the next one....... a bit exited I know!!!

Peace Love And Photography

CXC