I like how her top matches the background. I love this spring look!
And look at those boots! When your subject can really pose, you can have some great pictures!!
California
The Rain Continues and SO is Life
It’s kind of funny how street photography has turned into work for me. I would never thought about making this a career. But here I am, training other people about how to approach people in the street, how to frame the shot, not how to edit their photos yet, but that’s definitely coming up.
I have been a bad blogger lately, not posting the photos I took. But trust me, I have been taking photos. Everything around me now is about street photography. I can’t believe it. This is like a dream coming true for sure.
A lot has happened in my personal life. But mainly I’m just trying to keep up with the pace of working at a startup, trying to learn as much as possible, and making sure I’m doing everything to make the business succeed.
Oh there is so much I want to share with you guys, but yeah life is good. I was checking out some apartments in SF because I’m spending all my time here, Monday to Saturday, sometimes Sunday. I can see whey people sleep, eat and work in the same place when they work in a startup. The passion is real. So is the struggle and excitement.
The rain is the theme of the month. I don’t mind it. I think photography is all about capturing the mood of the moment. I love all the rain outfits people wear. But I love a lot of things you know.
I have been really into pink lately. Spring is coming! How about me posting something at least once a week? That I can do. A good blogger I would be. ^^
True Style
Downtown SF
This is what true style looks like. No copy and paste.
L.A.
Ricky is a photographer. Andre on the right is a DJ. They are both from L.A. I like Ricky’s overall and yellow hat. I like Andre’s casual sporty look.
Beautiful Layers
Downtown SF
Chinese kids are so fashionable these days. Korean fashion was and probably is still very influential in China. But I notice that Chinese millennials start to develop their own styles these few years.
The Face of San Francisco
Downtown SF.
I used to work in a coffee shop in downtown SF. Toufik is a security guy for one of the high end retail stores. He used to come in everyday to get a shot of espresso. And the interesting thing is he always has a cigarette with his shot of espresso. Something about him dressed so impeccably with his cigarette and espresso is intriguing to me. (Security guys dressed to the T in this city where a lot of techies don’t really care about their physical appearance. Ironic, I know.) I always wants to take a picture of him. But I’m always working.
Well, guess what, I don’t work there anymore. Who do I find when I visited the cafe? Toufik. So I seized the opportunity and got a picture of him.
You know what’s funny. I left SF in June. Four months later, I see the same faces everywhere in downtown SF. It’s like you leave a film set, and the movie just keeps going. You can jump right back in. It’s the weirdest thing ever, but kind of comforting too. SF is a crazy strange but lovely city.
His Name is Andre
Powell Station, SF.
Me: Can I take a picture of you for my street fashion blog?
Andre: Yeah. I can dance, too.
Me: That’s cool.
Andre: We’ll see. We’ll see.
Me: Ok.
After taking the picture.
Me: That was awesome. Can you tell me about yourself?
Andre: I used to work for a retail store, but I stopped. I can’t do it. It’s too overwhelming with all the people. I was diagnostic with schizophrenia by the doctor. I don’t agree with it. I was prescribed three different kinds of antidepressant drugs. I don’t want to take them. They make me drowsy. I don’t feel like myself. Like I can’t dance. But I take it for my Mom.
Silence.
Me: So what do you do now?
Andre: I like to dance. I want to be a dancer.
Me: Andre, I like the way you dance. Can we make a music video just with you dancing? We can tell your story through your dance moves.
Andre: Yeah, I’m down.
What a beautifully unique individual.
