Korean Friendship Bell - San Pedro, CA

Korean Friendship Bell

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Darnell Bates for DB8S Photography

Snakes on a Plane?

No snakes, yet often bored. When on an airplanes, I often grab a 

window seat and day dream. There are often many things to document.

This is just one more example of always being at the ready to capture 

images that normally fly by. 

Need Inspiration?

"The Chase" DB8S © 2010
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"Be inspired by what inspired you initially" Darnell Bates

Every now and again you should go back to 

the moment (in my case photographic images) 

that inspired you to pursue that in which makes

you happy.

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The image above was taken some where along the Bonneville Salt Flats many many years ago as my olde roommate (Steve) and I drove from Oakland to Cleveland. The purpose of the trip was to spend time with him before he departed for an extended stay in Ghana. We laugh and had the greatest time on this trip. After capturing this image, it changed the way I thought about my photography and challenged me to capture the feeling and moment along with the image. This was the photograph that made me happy, made me think of calm and relaxing times, and eventually made me enroll into a photography program.

Aural / Visual Pairing

"Beyond Here...." DB8S © 2010
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While attending to my images, often I am listening to music, and normally the music is a reflection of the type of images I am attending to. If it is my minimalist work it is normally slow classical, new age, or even a mellow instrumental, however if it is busy urban work it ranges from in your face hip/hop to aggressive rock.

Stimulating my aural and my visual at the same time pleases me often and I try to do it daily.
 
Tonight, I found Imogen Heap-"Hide And Seek" the appropriate music for me with this image.
"Listen and Observe"

Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIAfiVGluk 

This image is not for adoption.