As another week ends, I thought it fitting to have a sunset shot from that same shoot with Brian and Jason in Winthrop. Here you see the skyline of Boston behind the runways of Logan Airport and Boston Harbor
Today, we look at a more muted, almost cream yellow. This is the Mass Ave bus station at Hynes Convention Center. The MBTA tried to spruce it up by putting in this yellow metal back wall and bright lights, fact is, most times of the day it is still filled with drunks and homeless and there is no color that could possibly make it more cheerful. Here these people just go about their business reading books waiting for the bus to take them to work.
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Today we look at things on a smaller scale. This is a typical fire hydrant in Boston. Black body, bright yellow cap. They stand out, you can see them for blocks. Good for the firemen who need to know exactly where they are to fight a fire, bad for the drivers who can never find a parking spot in the city. Boston is a city with more cars then parking spots, as most are, and it seems these little guys are every couple hundred feet. Every time there is an opening that looks like a parking spot, its more often then not a hydrant and you can just hear the drivers cursing at the top of their lungs as they circle the block again looking for a place to park.
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Today’s From the Vault, brings us to the summer of ‘08 and the illuminale Boston, a week long period when artists light up different landmarks in the city. On this night Brian and I went out to go shoot some of the landmarks, we were a bit early so we headed over to fan pier to photograph sunset on the skyline. This shot has been taken countless times by photographers in the city. However they always take the shot so the chains are below the buildings. Why not be different, get the shot no one else has? Jamb that chain right through the middle of the skyline.
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Day three of yellow brings us to a sign of warning. In this particular instance the two foot wide yellow “rumble strip” on the edge of all subway platforms. If you arent paying attention and hangout on this, with something sticking over like a backpack, be aware you could be wacked by a subway train. So don’t screw up my morning commute and stand behind the yellow line!
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Today’s From the Vault brings us to Copley Plaza, where in ‘08 in front of Trinity Church, a flash mob formed. This is the annual International Pillow Fight Day. Organized by the Banditos Misteriosos of Boston. About 500 people gathered and as the horn sounded pillow flew through the air and insanity ensued. This years date has been set for April 3rd location TBD stay tuned to their website for more details
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Just a piece of the skyline as seen from the deck a sailboat. Taken in the summer of ‘07. I love how the Custom House Tower is framed between two modern high rise condo buildings.
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Day two of yellow. Today we see it as consumerism. Lots of companies use yellow in ads, logos and alike. It’s flashy, grabs your attention, and when you combine it with the shape of a price tag and you label the companies name of Best Buy a national chain, people are drawn to it. Fact is most people go into places like this, like drones, just believing what they are told by the “experts” that work there, there are other options and people need to do more research and make more informed decisions. It is not always the best buy
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We start off the third week of color theory looking at the color yellow. For those who might just be starting to flow this topic, this is not a study in color theory in a traditional sense, rather a look at how a dominate color in a photo can effect it, and how it can effect the person looking at the photo. Today we see yellow, and this particular instance, the hue of gold, which I consider part of the yellow family, as a sign of power. This is the gold guilded dome of he Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill at sunset. It’s a fitting roof, seeing that Mass was the start of modern democracy in this country.
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Taken in the spring of ‘09. I literally raced out of the subway and down the Rose Kennedy Greenway to setup for this shot. I got there with the sun just below the horizon, to find a pickup truck parked in the middle of the arch with two construction workers just chit chatting away. I thought the shot was going to be toast, but when they moved I took a few frames, moved across the street, slapped on the fisheye, and whammo! this is the shot I got. A 5 exposure HDR of the Boston Harbor Hotel on Rowes Wharf.
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