I hung out with friends on the Eastern Prom this afternoon/evening and the sun was starting to set when I left, so I decided to check out the graffiti wall. I wish I had stuck around to shoot more, the light was great.
When I’m looking for motivation and consuming content, rather than creating it, I spend a lot of time searching the internet for street photography. I have watched countless videos where photographers give a point of view look at how they shoot street. My google search history is full of terms like, “Portland, Maine & street … More Street photography: Take 1
When work slows down after a busy season, everyone tries to take a little time off. When work slowed down just in time for my birthday, I was ready for a little time off. I didn’t make any plans for this vacation, a nice stretch of nine days off, I just wanted to have some … More Staycation photos
Earlier this week, I ran past Hadlock Field in Portland. I stopped jogging and paused my Garmin, spending a second to look at the stadium and dream of warm summer nights of baseball. The statue of the team’s mascot, Slugger, in front of the stadium holds a sign. On that day it read, “Think Spring. … More Baseball and sunsets
When all of my friends are on social media talking about “Friyay,” or when I hear someone say, “Thank God it’s Friday,” well, sometimes I grumble. Ya see, your Friday means nothing to me because I don’t have Fridays off. I don’t have Saturdays and Sundays off either. Your weekend is just part of my … More More snow, more snow photos
Driving around town, doing errands this afternoon, I really wanted to go for a run. I’m slowly working my way back after some arthritis-induced inflammation in my knees put me on the shelf for a few months, and I’m still dealing with some aches and pains. My knees are so, so much better than they … More Rookie mistake
I’m no fan of winter. Anyone who knows me, has heard me bitch about my distaste for cold weather and my extreme dislike of snow. I really have no use for it. It is cold and wet. It makes driving dangerous. It makes running, heck even walking, an injury waiting to happen. It steals my … More So much snow
I don’t have cable, so when I’m home and want to chill out by watching television, I spend a lot of time watching YouTube. Lately, though I haven’t always acted on it, I’ve drawn a lot of creative inspiration from the platform. I subscribe to a ton of photographers and filmmakers, not only because I … More Drawing inspiration
I walked out of the locker room at Planet Fitness, ready to do some sort of a workout. I had my ear buds in, The Watcher 2 (Rakim’s verse might be my favorite 40 seconds in music) on blast, and was thinking about zoning out for an hour or so while I rode the bike … More Cutting out distractions
The past two days, as I worked on things other than being creative (trying to fix my parent’s computer, going to the gym to do physical therapy and to run, work), I’ve thought about this blog and my creative process. I did a few creative things yesterday, but nothing I felt like posting about on … More Taking the pressure off
Scott Martin 