Saturday, June 30, 2007

Flickr favorites 3

The Genius by Rodolphe Simeon

Flickr favorites 2


, originally uploaded by Masahiro Makino.

Untitled by Masahiro Makino

Whys and What Fors...

photo © 2007 kelly castro

After years of neglect, my updated photo portfolio website went live this week. I'm pretty happy with it. My buddy Michael Renninger of sensitiveartist who did all of the flash programming (pictured above) says it looks like it was designed by a 3rd grader.

Anyway, this is where I will be putting up all the text and junk that would otherwise be cluttering up my beautiful new squeaky-clean website. I also plan on posting some of my outtakes, as well as favorites from other photographers and info about whatever photo gadgets/news that I find to be interesting.

At the Cafe, Chez Fraysse. Rue de Seine, Paris, 1958


© Robert Doisneau

One of the reasons I started this blog was to share some of the the photo related stuff that I find inspiring, interesting or informative, as well as to spotlight some of my favorite images. This one - At the Cafe, Chez Fraysse. Rue de Seine, Paris, 1958 by Robert Doisneau is a great place to start. I found it while paging through a book on my cousin's coffee table called Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art by John Szarkowski. At the time, I had no idea that it was a fairly famous book. Though out of print and difficult to find, it's definitely worth seeking out, if just for this image alone, which speaks volumes.

Setting up a blog is a big pain in the ass

photo © 2007 kelly castro

... and that's about all I have to say about that.