Father & Daughter

Father & Daughter, a photo by donlee98 on Flickr.

I captured this image in the summer of 2009 while roaming the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco.

Here a father tends to his daughter, helping her with a drink of water. I always enjoy seeing these genuine moments between children and their parents. It makes me think back to when my children were smaller and how much I miss those days. Although my children are more than capable of simple things like getting a drink of water, there are so many other challenges in life I have yet to help them prepare to deal with on their own. And although the thought is quite scary considering all the dangers of the world, days like today remind me of the joys of parenthood and how having children has changed my life.

Happy Father's day to all!

Mobile Phone Photography

Pedestrians, a photo by donlee98 on Flickr.

The iPhone camera has become a regular piece of gear for me. Why? because it's always with me! I have been able to capture some of my favorite images with the iPhone.

In just a few short months, Apple will be releasing iOS 5 which will add even more great features to the iPhone camera. We can expect things like AE/AF Lock, Grid Lines, Pinch-to-Zoom, and image editing all built right into the iPhone camera application. These new and enhanced features only make the iPhone camera more powerful and convenient as a legitimate replacement for a point and shoot camera.

The image above was taken with my iPhone 4 camera on the streets of downtown Portland outside of a local Starbucks. It's hard to believe that only a couple of years ago images like these were not possible to capture with a mobile phone. Both as a Technologist and a Photographer, I am excited to see what the future holds for mobile phone photography.

Strum

Strum, a photo by donlee98 on Flickr.

Well it's starting to look like summer again here in the Northwest and that means more people on the streets and a street photography assault.

My approach to street photography isn't quite 'shock and awe' but I do like to jump into an interesting scene and capture moments like the photo above.

I found this gentleman at last year's Alberta street fair. He was just strumming along with his fingers and looked up at me just in time for me to catch his eyes in the crosshairs of my camera lens. He just kept strumming so I just kept clicking. It's dynamic moments like this that I just love about street photography.