Memories of a summer

Unexpected gifts deserve proper treatment... Back to good old photography times!

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Street photography

It's now an official feeling that I can put into words about when I intentionally plan to go out and shoot: no matter how many shots I can do, I'll always be content when "the one" [photograph] happens and I feel it immediately. I'm never desperate to make it, it just happens and most certainly it will join my favourite photos collection - like I explained here before. This is the kind of photo you made that makes you feel like "Ok, I can go home now and just look at it!". This past week though, strolling around Grenoble, France, I had 3 photos that made my day.

With that said, I also feel like sharing these thoughts about Henri Cartier-Bresson photography by Eric Kym with which I agree and somehow make sense with what happened with my photos:

Be patient:

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When you are out shooting and you see fascinating scenes, wait for the right person to walk by to complete your image. Although you don’t want to camp out for hours on end to wait for the right moment to occur, practice a bit of patience. You don’t always need to go out and hunt for photo-opportunities. Allow them to come to you.

Take photos of children:

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Nowadays it is incredibly difficult to shoot children (all of this hysteria in the news about pedophilia and kidnappings). However children are great subjects to shoot when it comes to street photography. In my experience I have noticed that they don’t mind being in front of the camera, and often ignore it. Therefore you are able to capture their true essence: playful, curious, and often mischievous.

Source: Eric Kim Photography

Grenoble.

"The World"

My best friend has just finished one of the most beautiful and incredible things (a puzzle) I've seen in a long time.

It's simply superb! Congratulations to whom gave it to you - it's quite of a gift - and to you for the beautiful masterpiece you came up in the end. Need/want one of these for my house (who doesn't?!)!

"The World" at your feet, literally.

Photos: José

Backyards, cinema and other stories!

Words, photos, backyard and beauty all from Kelly Framel.

Around here, we fervently believe in the power and importance of upgrading the everyday: making every meal an occasion, applauding a sunset, opening our home to friends and filling it with a lot of love and fun. It’s this ethos that inspired us to collaborate with Ecco Domani Wines on some summer entertaining ideas; their brand is built on the same tenets we ourselves live by. For us, living every day like it’s your last means celebrating life in the moment: putting your best foot forward, wearing a pretty dress just because, using the good plates, living in harmony with nature, and taking care of the ones you love.

For the past year and a half, we’ve divided time between New York City and Amagansett, a quiet little hamlet nestled between The Hamptons and Montauk on the easternmost tip of Long Island. Our time in the city is filled with momentum: industry, appointments, takeout and crowded restaurants ~ everything in inverse of the languorous days we spend in Amagansett. It’s a life with distinct yin and yang ~ a fantastic balance. Out East, happily ensconced in our little cabin in the woods, the rest of the world really fades away. In every direction, we’re surrounded by trees; we wake up under a canopy of leaves, glistening through the skylight above bed. You can almost hear their branches sing. The retreat feels endless, and it’s a cathedral we’re always loathe to leave. So we entertain at home, make every day festive, and lure friends into our little dreamworld so that we rarely have to abandon it.

We’re surrounded by fisherman and farmland, fresh produce only a bike ride away. If you pop by at lunchtime you’ll likely find seared tuna tacos served alongside heirloom tomatoes and watermelon salad, for dinner, ceviche. The afternoons in between are spent poolside, and we rarely go inside again until it’s time for bed. Why should we? In lieu of lawn furniture, our grassy backyard is littered with sun-faded rugs, oversized pillows, Moroccan poufs and a random assortment of stuffed jungle animals. Friday night is movie night. We pin a white sheet to the clothesline and pull a few rugs and a projector up around it. Word has spread quickly that if you mosey over to our place at sunset, you’ll be just in time for the evening show.

It’s the easiest, most impromptu of parties. We never know who exactly will drop by or how many friends they’ll bring, but it really doesn’t matter. There’s plenty of room around the fire. Popcorn is constantly exploding from our stovetop (it’s the simplest thing to make endless quantities of, then elevate with a sprinkling of herbed salt), and as long as we have plenty of wine and fixings for s’mores, then we’re pretty much in business ~ whether 2 or 20 roll up for the flick!

 

Photos: The Glamourai

Dear Sweden, when can I move?

Swedish Midsummer for dummies!

'Alfresco'

Decor inspiration: 'alfresco'.

Good people, good food, good wine and good weather. All I need! (Not so easy to have though...)

Also, I'm loving the long table sharing concept - picnic table, they say - find it really cozy and an enabler to get people involved.

Photo: Sofi

 

Photo: Anine Bing

Photo: The Glamourai

All the rest pic: ?

Life is too short to...

...bad coffee, bad wine, bad people.


Magic Lanter RAW - 5dmkII test from Jakub Duda on Vimeo.

Wilderness

shot this series for wrk recently after spending lot of off time in the woods this winter.

wildness, wilderness does several things. its a peace that exists nowhere else and it resonates as it does because we have that inside intrinsically. to get there all one has to do is sit and listen. works in a city park if you lay on the grass, or lay in the snow on your coat. dissolve thoughts into sky and you get to the same place. do that often enough and that peace stays with you everywhere you go. in every situation you are listening to your source.

Emerson Fry

Photos: Emerson Fry

The Cherry Blossom Girl

I'm a big fan of Alix photography and I recently loved these photos which I found a beautiful celebration of Spring!

Photos: The Cherry Blossom Girl

An All Day Love Affair

I was completely blowned away this morning when I bumped into this post from The Glamourai and this video Nick Onken created for her (Kelly) and her betterhalf (Zach).
You can read the full story here, but as in Nick words, I think this excerpt resumes pretty much it all:

Warning: you may want to vomit at how ridiculously cute they are together by the end of this video. But honestly, if I could picture my dream relationship it would be in this little motion picture.

 Photos and video: Nick Onken and Sarah Tyler

Good old NYC

This picture just made my day. Don't ask why.

Audrey Hepburn in New York during the filming of Sabrina.

Photo: Dennis Stock, 1954

New everything II

new year
new mantle
new books
new diary
new thoughts
new ways
new dreams
new magic

Photos: Emerson Fry

Sunday night mood...

Embrace the current season of your life.

Gabrielle Muir

Honestly, the quote above seems a joke right now, as I am having one of those moments dreaming about my future (!), but I trully "embrace" its veracity.

Nonetheless, at the same time, I'm also feeling awkward realizing how everything, everything little moment of my life, especially my last 2 years, seem so far away and long ago... I remember this post btw. On my "everything's new" series, the old feels strange.

John Butler Trio - Inspiration

Source: Sorakeem