Does the water work?

As you may have guessed by the title, this shot was taken in front of the west wall of the Baptist School on Meeting Street.  I just thought the lines and color of this were interesting.

This is my fourth day into the project.  I watched a video today (for school) about Henri Cartier-Bresson.  He was leafing through some of his photographs, and talking about how they happened.  He’d say, “Oh, this one was an accident.”  Then the next one: “This one was yes, no, yes, no, wait, YES!” talking about snapping the shutter at just the right time.  I love Cartier-Bresson’s work.  Who doesn’t, really?  At the end of the video, Elliott Erwitt came on, and talked a little bit about Bresson, and photography.  About what Cartier-Bresson’s work had meant to him.  Then he said, that photography isn’t so much about “how much” you know.  It is more about being able to see.

This is what I am trying to do with this project.  It is really an exercise for me.  Like push-ups.  I am working on being aware, being in the moment, with the moment.  Looking.  Seeing.