Almost there

© Joselito Briones

This is another picture I didn't notice until I started organizing my pictures yesterday. It's a house in San Francisco, I can't remember where exactly, and it was a part of a school project for when I took architectural photography classes in Berkeley extension in Martket St.

It's part of a collection that I call "Almost There", of photographs of entrance porches of houses in San Francisco. I wanted to invoke the feeling of relief and security one has upon having into view his entrance porch, after a day's work or after being away for some time. Maybe I didn't like this particular photo then because it's not very sharp, but now I look at it and think that sharpness shouldn't really be the deciding factor on whether to keep a photo or not. Or maybe I'm just reeling from the onslaught of hypersharp images that keep on cropping up everywhere these days. I particularly like the atmosphere on this one.


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iPhoto

© Joselito Briones

Not being able to do anything but stay home anyway, I decided to start the arduous task of organazing my photos. It's something that I've always wanted to do but had always been scared of, due to the volume of the accumulated images over the years. That during these same years I've made several attempts at organizing everything, using a different system in every attempt, didn't make things easier this time. I've decided to use iPhoto, the software that comes with OSX. This looks like this is gonna take forever.


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Photo above is from 3 years ago, in Brighton, England, one sunny day in spring.


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Arnel

© Joselito Briones

Am not sure if I've ever told you about Arnel. He's a very good friend, since uni, and we worked together in Singapore for a short while. He has recently moved to China for a job, I hope he's adapting well.

It's his birthday today, hence the timing to the introduction. This photo of him, above, was taken in Singapore a loooong time ago, when we and our housemates didn't have anything to do one new year's eve. I like it particularly because it's one of the first pictures I took when I started exploring photography.


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