Hello.
It’s hard to believe that this is the first time that I have posted on the España Photography blog (or any other non-lastsfor3poststhendisappears-Mike blog).
Sometimes, it can be a little intimidating to be married to an artist, especially when they do professionally something that you have always done yourself. I’ve loved photography for as long as I can remember, ever since my Grandparents gave my brother, Shane, a polaroid camera for his birthday, and I was old enough to steal it. For a while, in high school, I even wanted to be a photojournalist (in addition to being a world famous poet and a teacher…which did I end up being?). Ever since Heather started España Photography, I’ve wanted to take pictures with her. It’s shocking that we’ve been together for so long, married for 2 years on July 15th (please shower us with gifts! :-), and we’ve never really taken pictures together…until this week, that is.
“Let’s go for a texture hunt,” Heather said, “It’ll be fun!”
“Sure,” I replied, half groggy and summer vacation-headed.
So we headed to Mississippi Avenue in Portland, and did some of my favorite type of photography: extreme macro pics of every day objects. Here are three of my favorites:
Tree moss. I especially like the contrast of colors and lighting.
On every lamp post in Portland, fliers for concerts, classes, missing pets, etc. are stapled. This is one after the fliers have been removed. I love how the staples are slowly decaying.
I love this picture. It’s almost an abstract painting. From a distance, this wall of metal tiles looks almost completely smooth and shiny. But up close…amazing texture and color comes out.
“We should do this more often,” she said, giving me a squeeze.
I agree.
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