I told the guy working at the Liquor Mart that I was looking for a tequila I hadn't tried before. Nothing too expensive, and not Jose Cuevo. His recommendation was good. Smooth and easy to sip tequila that also worked well in the chilli lime dressing on my black bean, avocado, and tofu nachos.
I've been searching for more non-tech related sites lately, and discovered this great photoblog about San Francisco called Caliber. I've only been to San Francisco a couple times, but I love the way they are portraying the city, it seems very real and authentic.
I really like photo blogs that don't glamorize their subject, especially if the subject is a city. It would be all too easy to only show the pretty things, and brush over the gritty, dirty aspects. As cool as travel blogs are, they often suffer from this. As a tourist/traveller it's very easy to get caught up in the wonder of the city, and only focus on the beauty. I think this is why I also really enjoy Bryan Scott's site, Winnipeg Love/Hate.
I'd love to show Winnipeg in this way. I think Bryan does a great job of showing the beauty and decay based on our architecture, but I'd like to do something along the lines of stuff that appears on Caliber. I will still need to get over my apprehension of photographing strangers.
I found this photo amonst a folder of rejected photos from a photowalk I did over a month ago. I don't know why I didn't notice it at the time, or why I skipped over it. It just goes to show that it pays off to go back through older photos for a second look.
Some times it's good to go through old rejected photos, they often make good candidates for more extensive photomanipulations.
I love looking at portraits, especially street portraits done on the fly of strangers. Thomas Hawk has a great collection of what he calls $2 portraits. The concept behind the $2 portrait is that if someone comes up to him on the street to ask for money, he offers to give that person $2 in exchange for permission to take a quick photo. Based on the number of photos in his set I'd say that most people seem to be receptive to this type of deal.
I've thought of doing something similar here in Winnipeg (although I rarely actually have any change) and need to get over my fear of approaching people.
Wired.com has a great video how-to about taking street portraits. After watching the video I think I am ready to try taking some portraits of people I encounter in my neighborhood.
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