Learning by doing...

So, my audience of one, being me. I am learning this blog thing by doing. Here is the first photo post. I have titled this picture "Mr Hopper's Neighbors". It was taken Easter Sunday on

the Bowery in New York City. If you look, and pardon the uneven balance of the shot, it has a resemblance to Edward Hopper's paintings, just the characters in the shot.

I was walking down the Bowery after a lovely Easter/Birthday celebration brunch with some friends and spotted these gentlemen next door to The Bowery Mission. It looked like an SRO of years gone by and for all I know, it may be that today. The scene had a certain 1940's feel to it. I had to take this in a hurry because I did not want them to notice me. Not out of fear that I would anger them but out of fear that the image may have appeared posed. I can not, for the life of me, take a decent picture of anyone who knows they are being photographed. I hope you enjoy this picture as much as I enjoy it.

*In the spirit of full disclosure, I can not paint so I carry a "picture taker machine" wherever I go in NYC. I will post more as time goes by...