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Posted on July 27 2007 by Jag @ 10:14 am
Cameraphones are great. I would say that wouldn’t I? But really, they are. Because you get much more spontaneity with images of everyday life than you would with a “proper” cam. And spontaneity brings with it a whole new world of observation that you wouldn’t get as readily if you had to take an expensive digicam out your pocket, take it out of it’s protective case, turn it on, wait for it to boot, hold it up, compose the frame, shoot, switch it off, put it back and get on with whatever you were doing. Last year I took this picture from the top deck of the Route 79 bus as it wended it’s way down Preston Road towards Wembley. It was only when I reviewed it on my Flickr pages later that I noticed the geometric progression in the way in which people were standing at the bus stop. This morning I noticed a similar sort of effect; admittedly less influenced by “psychology” but more an accidental symmetry in the way that people (including myself) were waiting to cross the road on Ealing Broadway as I had just gotten off the bus to make my way towards Ealing Broadway station for my train to Slough.
An accidental symmetry in the way people are waiting to cross the road.
(Taken with my cameraphone at a pedestrian crossing on Ealing Broadway, West London.)
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Route 79 Reflections on a bus journey home |
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| From London: By a British, European, 2nd-Generation Indian. Probably confused - but proud to be them all! Half of my journey to and from work is a 20-30 minute bus ride: London Bus Route 79 - between Alperton in West London and Kingsbury in North West London. I very frequently get pissed-off and frustrated waiting around in the DARK, WET and COLD - waiting for the 79 to turn up. But I have to be eternally grateful for the quality thinking time I get to myself. | ||
LOL! Good one there!
If its okay with you, may I ask which phone/camera do you use?
Comment kindly left by Coffee — July 27, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
Sony Ericsson K800i, it’s an old model (over a year old) but the camera is branded “Cybershot” which means it has to have some basic quality criteria before Sony will permit SonyEricsson to use that label.
Comment kindly left by Jag — July 27, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
I wasnt a camera phone admirer until I saw this picture! Nice one.
Comment kindly left by Poonam — July 27, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
Cheers Poonam, people often don’t rate very highly what you can do with cameraphones.
Comment kindly left by Jag — July 27, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
Who’s the girl? It could be Lily Allen!
And a huge thank you to you…it was your blog where I first discovered Lilly Allen all those months ago!
Comment kindly left by abc — July 27, 2007 @ 11:53 pm
Ansel Adam’s quote comes to my mind:
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. “
Comment kindly left by Suganya — July 28, 2007 @ 12:59 am
very nice…you have an interesting blog here…
Srivalli
http://www.cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com
Comment kindly left by Srivalli — July 28, 2007 @ 7:24 am
Jag – saw your comment on cooking adventures about linguine… try the big Tescos..they tend to have linguine from ’seeds of the earth’.
Comment kindly left by M&Ms — July 28, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Wow. It looks really simple, yet at the same time it is very reminiscent of some music vids… Really really nice.
Comment kindly left by itelli — July 30, 2007 @ 11:49 am
Hey Jag – I just found your site while looking for Indian food recipes. I just want to say, all of your food looks fantastic and I can’t wait to try to make them all.
I was wondering if you know how to make tamarind sauce like the kind that Indian restaurants often serve with appetizers like samosa. I love that stuff and I can’t find a good recipe.
Thanks.
Comment kindly left by Nathaniel — July 31, 2007 @ 7:54 am
he doesnt seem to be looking left?
Comment kindly left by Radman — August 1, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
I liked this picture for link between the comment painted on the road and the man standing on the right…look left and he looks up from the right side
Very nice picture
Comment kindly left by cvraman — August 1, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
Great photo.
Comment kindly left by Gus — August 3, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
abc: I don’t think it’s Lily Allen! Actually, I wouldn’t know – because I don’t know what Lily Allen looks like! :0 Anyway, how did you discover Lily Allen from these pages?
Suganya: Thanks! And how true that is!
Srivali: cheers! Your pages are excellent too!
Thanks for linguine tip M&Ms! The UK’s biggest Tesco is right opposite my workplace!
Itelli: Thank you!
Nathaniel: Thanks for your feedback. re the brown tamarind sauce, this is a must accompaniment for any Punjabi fried snack e.g. samosa, pakoras etc. Unfortunately making it is quite labour intensive and is usually just bought from a samosa shop where they can justfiy making a lot of it in one go. I have helped make it many years ago but I cannot recall the exact method. I will try to find some pointers and will email you if you leave another comment with your email address filled in the email field.
Radman: True – he seems to be looking up to sky!
Venkat: Thanks. Yes, he seems to defy the advice painted on the road!
Thanks Gus!
Comment kindly left by Jag — August 3, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Thanks for the reply, Jag. Please do email me if you find anything.
Comment kindly left by Nathaniel — August 4, 2007 @ 11:10 am