And the Beat Goes ON

I walk around with my iPhone and take pictures wherever I walk. I post videos on my YouTube Channel and pictures like this one on my FineArtAmerica website. I then wait for the WordPress topic of the day and upload my photos to make for more interesting reading–and I get views from around the world. It’s feels fun. It’s feels free.

I’m amazed how I can link photos I just shot into the daily narrative at WordPress. Here is an alleyway with a graffiti-styled art mural with a classic musical phrase reflective of a San Francisco of years gone past. What with all the negative press about San Fran, I enjoy giving a current view–to dispel and diffuse all the negativity about this city. Those of us who stay know that the next boom is just around the corner. . . or alley!

I then usually create links to my blogs or books, or my photos and videos. Lately I’ve been using Chat GPT and Video Gen AI to ricochet my work into the speed of light on LinkedIn, Facebook or Goooogle’s YouTube My Channel.

I like showing how the frame of the shot influences our focus on the perspective, such as in this example of a simple tag line in an alleyway.

What is going on with you today?

Are you having an ON day or morning with your cup of joe?

Or you can pull back and get a wider view to show the address and dedication–making the BEAT of the day have less emphasis.

So yeah. I just take pictures of the city by the bay and post them on social media. . .

Here’s an interior of the 22 bus, above, which is now historic–as this model of trolleybus left service in 2004.

Or zoom in to get textures and contrasts overlooked by walking by with a phone up to our face. I just love this stuff!

Here’s another disappearing memory. . . of an ice cream shop. At first blush it’s a tacky storefront sign with an annoying glare and poor framing. On the other hand, it shows the Sutro Tower, The Rainbow Flag, the Double Rainbow logo in the interior mural through the glass, and the closing sign saying goodbye. The ‘Push’ becomes more obvious as a metaphor.