Latin Street Jam

My Latino neighbors celebrated 4th of July with an impromptu street jam.

Film: Kodak BW400CN

Tassa Drums At Flushing Meadows

Last Saturday I attended the opening reception of my friend Cork Lee's exhibition, Asian Pacifically New York at the Queens Museum of Art at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.  Corky is a photo-journalist who specializes in documenting the experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander American communities of New York. His work is a great source of inspiration for me.
After the reception, I was on my way to the parking lot when I heard loud drum beats coming from the park. To my pleasant surprise a small Indian group was doing a celebration in the park with their drums. Above are some images I captured of the event with my little Olympus XA2. I dedicate these images to Corky.

Edit: After some Googling I found that the above event is the Annual Kitchrie Festival, a Hosay pageant. Hosay is an Indian street theater tradition originating in north Indian states, i.e., Uttar Pradesh and Jaipur, and brought to Trinidad in 1845 by East Indian indentured laborers whose descendents continue to practiced it in a cultural space that is uniquely Indo-Caribbean.

Film: Fujicolor 200

Natural Patterns

Lines and Sky
Olympus XA2, film: Kodak Gold 200

Frozen Snow Tracks
Canon 5D

Although I may have color film in my cameras, I often see potential images I knew right away would work better in black and white. Such was the case with these two image which were originally shot in color, one with a Kodak color film, the other with a digital camera. Both were converted in digital post-processing to black and white because that is how I envisioned them before I pressed the shutter.

Resting Umbrella

Our company's lobby is full of graphic patterns. This one was taken last fall.
Camera: Olympus XA2, film: Kodak Gold 200

Lunch Break Walkabouts

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was spent playing and Easter egg hunting with my nephews and niece.

Another Day with the XA2

A View of the City


Lighting


The Parking Lot


Diamond Window


The Lunch Room

Lunch Break with the XA2

Working Artist


Green Shutters


Carriage House Parlor


Carriage House Parlor 2


Flooded Creek

My work place is in a small town in New Jersey and it's very difficult to find interesting subjects around the area in a very limited time. Lunch break is the only time I get to try some personal shooting. The weather had also been crappy for the past few months. Whenever a little sun tries to peek out of the clouds I try to go out and explore with my little camera.
I always try to challenge myself when I do go out.
Camera: Olympus XA2. Film: Fuji Superia 400.
Some images were converted to monochrome.

The Shower Monster

Test shot. It looks like my recently acquired Olympus XA2 is working
well, even in a low light indoor shot like this.

Another Classic Point & Shoot

Olympus XA2