today was my first meetup with the group and we met at portland saturday market. this was great for me because i'm in love with street photography, but i'm too chicken s#%t to actually approach people and ask if i can take their picture. and i'm even more chicken s#%t to take their picture without asking them. saturday market is nice because there are so many people around and so many tourists, a photographer kind of blends in (or at least, a photographer doesn't look awkward taking photos in places they shouldn't be).
this first photo was taken in an empty lot at 4th and burnside. it really makes me wonder why there is a table and chair in an empty lot... and why is the window bricked up?
the next three were shot along the waterfront. the first one (with the words) is of some steps that surround a fountain. it seems to speak about the people who came to portland, where they came from and how they got here.
i had to get some blossom shots... spring is here (although the temperature didn't feel like spring today at all!).
and now for the saturday market...
hats galore!
this band was pretty awesome. they were belting out some southern bluegrass for shoppers' listening pleasure.
the band wasn't the only person out there trying to make some money. this guy was putting on a dance show while his friends played some percussion on 5-gallon buckets.
this woman was drawing some pretty awesome chalk art on the sidewalk. not sure the point of it, though, since it later rained!!
after the market, i made my way back to my car via 4th street (china town).
there were definitely other people taking photos of this sign at the same time as i was. they must have an adolescent mind like me - lol!
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