So… I thought I would share a little gem that I stumbled upon in Pasadena the other night. While strolling through old town I came across this cool little artist colony nestled back in what looked like an alley way behind a restaurant. I noticed a sign propped up against the wall explaining that it was basically an artists colony with art supplies and a little courtyard to hang out and “get your Picasso on.” Yes I just said that… don’t judge me! =)
Anyway, I walked back into the courtyard and immediately felt like I walked into a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Little paintings, sculptures, unfinished works propped up on easels… and then I looked up and saw this…
Good thing I had my camera with me! I whipped out my 85mm and got this on the first click. It is such an awesome image… So many little images, inside images, inside images, inside… well you can see what I mean. This will definitely be printed on something very LARGE and hung up at home. It’s gonna be my new little reminderto step out of the business of photography and back into the fun, spontaneous, artistic side from time to time.
Anyway… I hope you like the photo as much as I do. I would love to hear you thoughts/feedback. I would actually love to get a lot of the local photographers in the area together for a photo walk in the very near future. I don’t care if it’s a head shot exchange, landscapes, textures, animals, bums… it would be fun! Those of you photographers that follow my blog or are here for the first time, let me know if you’d be interested. If I can get enough people, we should definitely do this.
Until then, happy shooting!
-Shawn
P.S. - Why don’t I have any more shots of the rest of the place, you ask? Well… it was getting VERY dark and the only light coming into that little area was through that little magnifying glass installation above me. Any other shots would have been beyond artistically grainy and/or waaaaay under-exposed. There’s always next time. =)
