Chinatown – Ruth E. Hendricks

Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy

Fish as viewed from the sidewalk in New York City, Chinatown.

August 14, 2015 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Chinatown, creepy, eating, eating and cooking, fish, food, New York City, photography, postaday, weekly photo challenge 9 Comments

Thirds or Threes, Skip the Bokeh

The Weekly Photo Challenge is supposedly the Rule of Thirds but the presentation of the challenge is so completely different from what I have been taught and teach- I thought of adding the grid on some of these images to size them up. But decided to just go with what I see as broken up into thirds, or in some cases threes.

Confined myself to a NYC archive to simplify the selections. My gallery doesn’t fit the parameters of the suggested minimalist, off center subject and a blurry background.

February 21, 2015 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: art, Chinatown, food, museum, New York City, photography, postaday, rule of thirds, signage, travel, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban

I could sift through thousands of urban photographs for this week’s challenge: urban.

There are the suburban shots of the family in my file folders, too.

Choosing a cohesive urban series was my personal challenge. The most searched term on my blog and a true urban image is NYC Rooftops at Night which I posted in 2009.

I live and work in the city of Pittsburgh, driving across bridges and past demolitions, playgrounds and chain link fences. There are skyscrapers and empty lots. When I visit my sister in lower Manhattan there are hundreds more images to shoot and file. And why not throw in a couple from Zagreb where Matthew lives?

So much for a cohesive series. Here are my urban selections for this week’s challenge. A couple will be familiar if you’ve followed me for more than a year.