As I sat outside listening to a local band, watching the light fade and waiting for the start of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival‘s evening feature with my island ambassador and photo goddess Gabi, I could not resist shooting this girl. So full of style, with an immediate smile and good nature.
A beautiful event and experience, and there’s another on August 28-29. Should you be in New York City, make it a point to catch the ferry to Governors Island and the 1920s.
Lately it seems like everywhere you look, you see someone’s photos with the Hipstamatic app. That, the written reference to hipsters and the age-old lament about filters and vignetting not solving a bad photograph should make me scoff at the use of such a novice device. But I can’t help myself, I love it. And furthermore, I think that sometimes it actually improves snapshots.
So, to hell with the critics. Here are some of my favorite shots.
The kind, graceful and effervescent Manjari Sharma, who also knows a thing or two about photography.
Check in later in the day for a follow-up portrait.
