31/07/2011

The Car Cleaner

The other day I went to visit my grandmother in Tel Aviv, and outside her building I saw this gentleman cleaning his car. He was doing so with such love - the two of them obviously go back a long way. 

25/07/2011

Race

This guy came zooming past our house the other day :)
Loved the way his little car stood out from the rest of the traffic! Who do you think won the race??

21/07/2011

A Soldier, a Security Guard and a Dog

Wonder whether the dog actually followed the soldier on to the train and all the way home?

27/06/2011

26/06/2011

Summer is here - The Pool!

So summer is here! It's really hot, and the best place to spend Friday afternoons is at the local pool! And what is more fun than taking pics of people as they are relaxing and enjoying themselves on a hot summer afternoon :)




15/06/2011

07/06/2011

Check this out!! Amazing street photographer!

This guy is just amazing!!! I just can't stop looking at his pictures!!
Have a look at his gallery:

01/06/2011

Jlem night shoot

A picture from last night's "night shoot" in Jerusalem... which made me realise just how hard it is to shoot at night!!! Ok, need lots more practice - and a bit of internet research ;)

Tallit, prayer shawl...Jerusalem, 2011

31/05/2011

A fun one from the beach :)

Here's a funny pic I took at the beach :)
For the non-Hebrew speakers: In the top right corner is a sign saying: "Playing [games] is prohibited here"...





And here is some amazing inspiration
- check out these two websites:
1) My teacher :) Israeli photo journalist: Gil Cohen Magen
2) My old school friend, portrait photographer, Silje Glefjell

29/05/2011

Beach!

About street photography

I love surfing the net for photography blogs, tutorials, websites, galleries, articles etc. And this evening I found this guy, who I found to be very interesting: Eric Kim - here he gives advice regarding street photography :)

Daddy giving Nitai a haircut :)

Daddy really wanted mommy to help him, but mommy just can't let a photo moment like this pass her!! :)




26/05/2011

Easy way to get VIGNETTE effect

I have a veeery old and simple version of Photoshop on my laptop, and have been trying to see how I can easily add vignette effect to pictures... I found a lot of the tutorials online to be very complicated.... At last I have come up with a way:

1. Open your picture in PS


2. Select a narrow border by using Marquee Tool:

 


3. Inverse selected area:

 


4. Select feather tool - choose 200 pixels:

 


5. Adjust brightness, to achieve a darker border:



6. Press CTRL + D to deselect
- and VOLIA! you have a beautiful vignette style border!




25/05/2011

Various snapshots

A small selection of snapshots :) I really enjoy taking pictures of PEOPLE... People in different settings, doing what they do.

Ramat Gan Safari, 2011

Tel Aviv, Neve Zedek, 2011

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Marathon 2011

Anabe park, Modiin, 2011