My friend and fellow Philly photographer, Andrea, gets her hand licked (through window) by a dog owned by Russian shop owners on South Street.. RUUUF RUFF.
I think this is my favorite photo of ALL time.
VIDEO:
Philadelphia
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Mar 09
Philadelphia: Police Cruiser Crash
I was leaving the National Mechanics restaurant in Old City and when I approached 5th & Market Streets, it was blocked. I saw police cars and fire engines so I parked on 5th and walked down with my camera.
On March 24, 2009 a police cruiser collided with a VW Passat driven by an 18yo female on 7th and Market Sts in Philadelphia PA. This is the aftermath. News coverage from FOX29
View the complete set of photos here
Hand held Canon 450D/XSi w/ Sigma 18-200mm
I got there after they used the jaws of life to get the drivers-side door of the police cruiser off. There was a small crowd remaining when I got there. People were speculating on what happened. Immediately, blame went to the police officer. I offered my thoughts to a police officer and well wishes for the injured officer. Their job is so risky it’s a wonder things like this aren’t more commonplace.
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Mar 09
Sk8 Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Or rather, “Sk8 Patrick’s Day,” as the title eludes. is what I call the photo walkabout that Melody Kramer (her photos) and I embarked on this past Saturday, March 14, 2009.
The day started out like any other… lazy Saturday, no plans. Everything was normal and dull until Melody reached out across the the Twitterverse for some companionship on a photowalk through the city of Philadelphia. I obliged and met her in Center City.
Started walking towards City Hall where we ran into St. Patrick himself
We took the shortcut through City Hall where we came upon the skaters (don’t call them Sk8ers).
We moved on from City Hall to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul where Melody snapped these great photos inside. We left there after a brief walk through, I didn’t take any photos. We met the “tour guide” who confessed to us that he’d only been on the job for 2 hours. His name was Dan, look him up at the Cathedral and tell him Melody and Vince sent ya *wink*
We had lunch at TGIFridays on the Parkway and watched as many a drunk bar crawler stumbled by our window seat. Stepped out side and found the green scene:
These were taken on the Saturday BEFORE St. Patrick’s day.
Melody and I walked over to LOVE Park, world renown skateboard park in Philadelphia, PA:
Nom Nom Skater Bench
Some body wants the ring Or is this the toolbox of LOVE Park?
Attention sk8ters, we have a poser
Then, I said goodbye to Melody.
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Feb 09
2009 Philadelphia International Auto Show
Saturday, Feb. 07 2009 I attended the Pennsylvania Convention Center for this years Philadelphia International Auto Show. On display were 2009 car models from all of the top makers. Personally, I own a Scion (which is a Toyota brand), but I’m always excited by what the automotive industry, as a whole, has to offer.
My friend James Bardolph suggested instead of photographing the cars I should photograph the people at the event and their reactions. That is what I tried to do with this set. Clicking the image above will take you to the photo set on Flickr. Alternately, you can view the photos on my new photoblog, www.Philadelph.com
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Feb 09
Presenting: Philadelph.com
Hey loyal visitors and those passing through. I want to apologize for not being faithful to this blog by updating it regularly. At least, I don’t think I update this enough. I don’t have much new to report, other than I’ve sold a few photos since my last post and I’ve met a LOT of great, local photographers in Philadelphia, PA.
The last part of the first paragraph is what has spurred me to embark on a new project, called Philadelph.com – The website will focus exclusively on my photography of my hometown city of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. It’s run on the Tumblr micro-blogging service. The photos presented there are culled automatically from my photostream on Flickr.com
I urge you to follow it’s RSS feed for updates.
For more personal updates on my life, thoughts and actions… I can be followed on the popular, social tracking service, Twitter at username: attila (look at the “Twitter Updates” in the column to the right for snippets of my stream of consciousness)
