Welcome to the best of the best, as decided by me! This exceptional collection has been nominated for an ASTOUNDING zero awards, and been featured in several national geographic rejection letters! Next to each image is a small description of the time, place, and concept of the piece as applicable. Feel free to contact me for prints of the originals should you want one, as the images uploaded here have been poisioned to protect against generative AI scrapers!
'Glass and Bubble' is easily one of my favorite photos, mainly because it was not at all the intended image. During the the halloween photowalk, we came across this restaurant which had three women making pasta by hand behind a window. My family used to own an italian restaurant, and I made pasta by hand like this SO many times, like 2 or 3 total! So the slightly defeated look on the three women's faces spoke to me, and I turned my camera away from the merriment on the street to capture them as my group walked past. Just as I focused and clicked, This woman walked in front of me. I was so upset, and due to the flow of the crowd, I wasn't able to stop and take a second one. It wasn't until later, when I was reviewing the raw edits that I saw the image. The framing of the bubble, the reflection of the lights of the party both on the bubble and in the window, as well as the three women looking bored while staring past, it truly astounded me. It was instantly my favorite image of the night, and it was totally by accident. I was even upset when I took it! Looking at it reminds me that not everything in life goes the way you want, but there is still beauty to be found in the errors, if you look for it.
This was one of my first mornings in Miami. For several months after moving here, this was the view I woke up to every day. The first time I saw it, I was speechless. I acutally took about 10 different photos of the beautiful skyline. This was the best one, but they're all beautiful. If you ever visit Miami, get an east facing window. You won't regret it.
Have you ever been to a demolition derby? I hadn't, before this day. I grew up fixing cars and motorcycles with my dad, so it always felt both exhilerating and heretical as a form of entertainment. BUT. It was SO much fun. I genuinely can't recommend them enough. There was actual sport to it, and rules of engagement. It felt like watching a modern day gladitorial battle. I was so enraptured by the spectacle, I didn't take nearly as many photos as I wanted to. But at the end of the tournament (yes it was a tournament), the winner, this man, climbed atop his wreck amidst the cloud of smoke and celebrated. That's when I caught this amazing silhouette. My biggest regret is that this was taken on my phone instead of my camera, but I wonder if I would have been able to get the shot.
My first time visiting the redwood forrest, and I didn't have my camera with me. Thank Mechanicus modern cellphones have such amazing cameras, right? This image is deceptive. The trees shown are redwoods, and even the smallest shown are several feet in diameter. And the park I went to had so many spots just like this one, with gorgeous rays of sun piercing the canopy and creating lush floors of grass and ferns.