Uploads from Gilmatic, tagged fuji, with geodata

They Stare

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:59:36 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

Nikon F100 ... Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 ... Fuji Neopan 1600 ... Epson V600

My girlfriend and I were walking by a house and we saw a very small newborn kitten on the lawn. She started taking pictures of it but as we tried getting closer a few other cats joined in on the scene as if to protect it from us.

Don't Be Shy

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:35:06 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

Nikon F100 ... Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 ... Fuji Neopan 1600 ... Epson V600

I should've composed this better because I totally didn't notice the out of focus girl until AFTER I took a photo of him face to face (when she asked if it was alright if she fed them). In retrospect there were a lot of great photo opportunities with that girl but I just didn't pull the trigger because I'm a bit rusty from not taking pictures as consistently as I should.

This may be off-topic but for those of you who don't know me, but I'm a math major looking to go into education. However, with exams and such I realize that math isn't exactly my passion. I spend most of my off time on Flickr Explore and my contacts pages trying to take a little bit of information with each shot I look through. I find art so captivating. I've always been in love with music and poetry from a young age. I used to write poems at the age of 9 until 14 and then got into writing lyrics. From real hip hop to funk to alternative rock to jazz to west African to Latin American to classic rock to just anything with soul. Hence why I try to capture as much soul in my pictures as I possibly can. I'm trying hard to find the soul in math but I feel soulless in my math classes. Granted I enjoy learning it, and I like the challenge, but the absence of soul is something that neglects it from being a passion in my life.

I'm not quite sure what I want to do with my life but I'm glad I have photography to express myself and to also feel the soul that many of my contacts and the pictures on Flickr Explore have captured. Some days I wish I could've found photography when I was a teenager and gone to an art school but perhaps my journey through photography wouldn't have been the same. Even though I'm not always happy with the pictures I take or put up, I'm always happy that I went out and explored the city to find interesting subjects and people.. even if it means that out of a roll of film there are only 3-4 usable exposures.

Anyways sorry for the short little rant. Maybe I should listen to some Pharcyde before I decide to make one of these in the future.

"There comes a time in every man's life when he's gotta handle shit upon his own
Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please, they've got problems of they own"

Illmatic

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:17:27 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

One of my friend's showed me this ridiculous thing called "Rap Map" which basically indicated the various landmarks of Hip Hop in New York. A lot of them were quite ridiculous but it motivated an idea I already wanted to do... so I picked up my bike the very next day and rode my bike from Brooklyn to the Queensbridge Housing Projects, the largest public housing complex in America. Birthplace of some of the best MC's I grew up listening to (Nas, Mobb Deep, Mic Geronimo, Juice Crew, Cormega, Tragedy Khadafi, etc..).

This picture pays homage to the music I grew up listening to and my favorite album of all time.. Illmatic (picture)

Nikon F100
Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX shot at 24mm
Fuji Pro 800Z

Katz's Delicatessen

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:05:51 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

Explored.

So I started trying to get better at landscape photography and I didn't exactly feel that my 50mm lens was wide enough to get some shots I wanted. Being a college students sucks because at the moment I can't afford the Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 lens that's been haunting my dreams. So instead of moaping around, I decided to use my little brother's kit Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX lens instead. Yes I am using a DX lens on a full-frame camera but you gotta work with what you got haha.

Nikon F100
Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX shot at 24mm
Fuji Pro 800Z

The City Never Sleeps

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:52:09 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

Explored.

Full of villains and creeps.

And yes, that sign on the upper right says "Pimps and Pinups".

Nikon F100
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Fuji NPS 160

Gilmatic's most interesting shots.

The Birdman

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:23:27 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

Nikon F100 ... Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 ... Fuji Neopan 1600 ... Epson V600

On my bike after dropping my girlfriend off at ballroom practice I rode in Washington Square Park and came across this guy that had pigeons flying around him. There must have been atleast 30 pigeons around him. And if you got close, the pigeons would also fly onto you and hang out on your arm or head. It was quite interesting and apparently the guy trains the pigeons from his home. I could only wonder how it looks when he's walking down the street.

She's back <3

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:39:21 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

If anyone thinks I'm happy because school started they'd only be half right. I'm only happy that school started because my girlfriend is back for college and I get to finally see her now.

Nikon F100
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Fuji Pro 800Z converted to monochrome

41st Side of Vernon

nobody@flickr.com (Gilmatic) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:17:42 -0700

Gilmatic posted a photo:

Another shot from the Queensbridge Housing projects in Long Island City. I'm thinking of going back and actually taking a picture of the bridge.

Nikon F100
Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX shot at 24mm
Fuji Pro 800Z