In April of 2016 we visited Barcelona and Dublin. Here are some posts about it.
Today is my stepdad’s birthday. He passed away in 2009 and I still miss him. I’ve been thinking about him lately because he appeared in my dream a few nights ago. For the life of me, I can’t remember what it was about. I’ve been thinking a lot lately (for some reason) about watching him die, and what a profound (and painful) experience that was.
Here is a photo from Dublin in April of last year. One of the things I really wanted to do was find Doyle’s Pub in his honor.
I spent a few short hours in Dublin and didn’t take many photos, and the ones that I did take didn’t come out very well, technically (the roll had some development issues). However, it’s such an interesting place and there is so much going on. I am looking forward to returning and spending more time shooting the streets.
Camera: Olympus XA
Film: Kodak Tri-x
Stand developed for 1 hour in Adonal.
Here is another example of an accidental street photography shot. I was really mostly interested in that ornate sky walk above the alley but when I looked at it later I really liked the human element in the photo.
Incidentally, that ornate sky walk was in a book I looked at last night about ball point pen sketching. So weird!
Geeky bits:
Camera: Olympus XA
Film: Fuji Acros 100
Stand developed in Adonal for 1 hour.
This is another one from Barcelona. This is a strange statue outside of the Palace of Catalan Music. It’s an optical illusion. When you walk around the structure it is actually flatter than it appears. For the life of me I can’t find any information on this, otherwise I’d link to it. I’m sure there is something written about it somewhere. My librarian super powers are eluding me at the moment.
Anyway, I really was trying to get a shot of the statue but the woman was sitting on it so I caught her too. I kind of liked the juxtaposition.
Camera: Olympus XA
Film: Arista.edu 400
Stand developed in Adonal for 1 hour.
The next photo from this series comes from Barcelona’s Park Guell. When I saw this guy playing the guitar I knew this was street photography material. I had to take a few versions of this. In one of them a woman backed ever so slightly out of the columns as she took a photo of her companion, hidden away somewhere.
Camera: Olympus XA
Film: Arista.edu 100
Stand developed in Adonal
Blatherskite 