Step Back In Time With Me

I shot my photos on an iPhone 4s with iOS 7.04 and used the filters that come with the iphone's natural editing abilities.

While shooting in color I was afraid that I would lose some of the natural beauty of objects. I was afraid the other colors in the background or foreground would distract from my focus and the point that I was trying to capture. I captured this photo when the sun was setting which inspired my warm color tone choice. The natural light and the natural environment really caught my eye when exploring the city to take photos. I have found that my favorite time to shoot is right around sunset, because I love the long shadows and the warmth that the sun naturally gives the photos. This picture captured the environment as is and lets the character of the street speak for its self. I honestly did not do much tweaking to the photo until I was happy with the results. I wanted to focus on the buildings and the aspects of the oldie world feel and so I wanted to eliminate as much clutter as possible. I cropped out the streets below and also the people and cars. I wanted the viewer to have a sense of themselves being on the street and invite them into the picture, not only as a viewer but as an active participator within the work. This technique allows the viewer to find their own individual meaning in this piece and what is happening in this environment. Other than cropping the photo I did not want to change too much. I wanted to warm up the piece a bit to enhance the sunset and oldie world feel, but did not want to manipulate too much. I found that the preset filter called "transfer" was enough to give my photo the feel I wanted to create.

Looking around the web at other photographers, I came across Kevin C Brown, who is actually a photographer here in Philadelphia. He photographs every day life events, which I really enjoy. In his photographs of buildings he has a simlar tone of photograph and we have similar interests in the level of detail we like to capture in photographs. I also like the way he creates his environments, having the background and foreground all relevant parts of the picture.


Find more information about Kevin C Brown at http://kbrown.photoshelter.com/gallery/Philadelphia-Scenes/G0000gErCtYCyg2s/C0000KmI2QI0XlYY