Baltimore

I've lived in Baltimore when I was attending Loyola College. Its a 'boutique' city, I guess you can call it. The part of the city that I always liked was the industrial areas near the water. If you've been in baltimore you've seen this building.

This is the famous Domino Sugars building. You usually see the sign glowing in the dark from the Inner Harbor. I tried to show it from a different perspective here. The cloud was nice but not enough. So I waited around for the bird to fly by. Shot with 50 1.2L. The shutter speed was very fast since the lens was pretty much wide open during the day. With me moving the camera looking for the right bird, if it wasn't for the fast shutter speed, the building would've been blurred. 

These trucks with the telephone pole and its shadow made a nice dividing line for the composition. Shot with 28mm 1.8. 

I like the way that this photo is more about geometry than a 'place'.

This is a back alley way of many row homes that the blue collar community lives. I wanted to put the flag in the dark bushes. The back light from the sun made the flag very saturated. I shot pretty loose since I wanted to show the surrounding, not just the flag.

I took this picture because this to me symbolizes the community.  Usually flags are placed in the front of the house where people can see them, but this flag is in the back yard where the owner can see it. As if he/she is not interested in outward 'display' of patriotism, but more internal belief of patriotism.  I'm probably looking too much into it, but its more fun that way.

Hi-rise condominiums towers over the old brick row houses.  I guess change is inevitable. Personally, I like the old charm that Baltimore offers but I can't imagine city planners working around photographer's needs. Wouldn't it be nice though?

I'm guessing this mill employs a great deal of people that lives here. Once again, I'm all about back-light. When the light hits from the back, I just think its more interesting. I have a crazy theory that it is linked to the same reason why all people like to look at the sunset. We are all in awe of this thing that gives us all the energy or sustainable life force.

The sun was only hitting the faces of these homes, everything else in the shadows. Which is a good thing, because I think modern cars are bad for pictures. But in this case, I think having the obscured car in the foreground give the idea of the city street.